Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the most salient yet polarising issues of recent times. AI-based systems can be software-based, acting in the virtual world mainly with some physical support, such as voice assistants like Alexa or Siri, image analysis software used for diagnoses, general search engines like Google, or speech and face recognition systems. AI can also be embedded in more complex hardware devices that operate in our environment, such as advanced robots, self-driving cars or drones.

Such widespread use of AI impacts every sector in our society and stakeholders around the world are engaged in building a governance regime around it. Effective governance rests upon the responsible and ethical use of AI, with appropriate legal and regulatory measures. This course aims to provide students with the knowledge and understanding of the ethical, legal and regulatory issue arising in the context of AI as well as an awareness of the way AI operates in the legal sphere, drawing comparisons from other jurisdictions.