AI Governance (In Person + Online): Law, Lawyers, and Liability

Three fireside chats on how courts, plaintiffs, and insurers are writing the AI rules that legislatures haven't.

Description

At AIGovOps we say it constantly. AI governance is being defined case by case and courtroom by courtroom, not by legislatures.

State AI laws are getting blocked by federal judges before the ink dries. Plaintiff firms are filing faster than regulators can write rules, and the settlements are quietly setting the standard your compliance team will be held to next year. Insurers are repricing around all of it.

Meanwhile the tools that made filing a lawsuit expensive are getting cheap. Nobody has a good answer for what happens when the cost of bringing a claim drops toward zero.

Three fireside chats with people watching this from the inside. Bring questions. We are leaving real time for them.

What we'll get into

What belongs in an enterprise AI contract right now, and what founders keep leaving out

How insurance regulators are moving on AI, and what carriers will start demanding of the companies they cover

Where court decisions and settlements are setting de facto governance standards ahead of any statute

Whether the surge in AI-related filings is real or a talking point that outran its data

Is AI actually lowering the barrier to practicing law, or just the barrier to filing

How are law firms using AI effectively and how are they failing at using it

When the AI your company deployed makes the mistake, who writes the check

Format

Three fireside chats, 25 minutes each, with audience Q&A after every one. No slide decks. Doors and networking before.

Who should come

Founders shipping AI into regulated buyers. Engineering and product leaders who own a system that makes decisions about people. In-house counsel and compliance. Anyone who has been asked to sign something about AI and wasn't sure what they were signing.

Speakers
Aaron Rieke is the Chief Legal Engineer at Privlex and a Senior Partner at Clarion AI Partners, where he advises companies on civil rights and consumer protection law as applied to AI. He is also a Visiting Fellow at the Center for Democracy & Technology. Previously, he served as Chief of Staff and Attorney Advisor to FTC Commissioner Alvaro M. Bedoya. A lawyer and software engineer, Aaron led algorithmic audits at Upturn that informed the DOJ's landmark Fair Housing Act settlement with Meta.

Angela WU is a Seattle-based attorney who helps technology companies navigate the legal and regulatory complexities of building with AI. She spent nearly a decade as Senior Product Counsel at Microsoft, where she advised on enabling AI to run on-premises, hyper-converged Azure services, and Windows products across commercial transactions, partner negotiations, and regulatory matters. She recently launched her solo law practice, offering product counseling, contract support, and guidance on privacy and AI governance. She also has expertise in wireless telecommunications and broadband. From wireless network buildout, to interconnection and collocation. She led Washington State’s successful effort to secure federal funding over $240M to expand broadband access to rural communities.

Hosts
Joe Braidwood - CEO and Founder Glacis.IO
Bob Rapp - GM Technical Fellow, cofounder AIGovOps Foundation
Ken Johnston - Cofounder AIGovOps Foundation, exMSFT, exFord, exAutonomic CEO

Schedule

1:30pm Doors and networking
2:30pm Streaming starts. Opening fireside
3:00pm Aaron Rieke (online)
3:30pm Angela Wu (In Person)
4:00pm Streaming ends

Hosted by the AIGovOps Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. AI governance as an operational practice. Shipping trust without sacrificing velocity.