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Artificial Intelligence and legal issues

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Artificial Intelligence and legal issues

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4 hours to complete
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What you'll learn

  • Recognize that the use of AI requires to be analysed, evaluated and addressed also from a legal point of view.

  • Indicate the main legal concepts of liability for choices made by or through intelligent systems and compensation for any consequential damage.

  • Verify whether and which criminal law principles apply when an offence is committed by an AI system.

  • Recognize the difference between copyright and patent and recognize the risks to fundamental rights and freedoms deriving from AI.

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There are 4 modules in this course

The purpose of the course is to help students understand the legal implications related to the design and use of artificial intelligence systems, providing an overview of the risks and legal protections that can be envisaged and giving an overview of the legislation and legal principles currently applicable on the subject. In particular, the profiles of civil and criminal liability, protection in terms of intellectual property and the impacts of AI on the fundamental rights of the individual - including privacy and the right to non-discrimination – will be examined.

What's included

1 video1 assignment

1 video•Total 9 minutes
  • Artificial intelligence and law: introduction and general overview•9 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
  • Quiz•30 minutes

What's included

4 videos1 assignment

4 videos•Total 36 minutes
  • Civil Liability and compensation for damages•7 minutes
  • The existing legal framework on civil liability•9 minutes
  • Liability on the production and use of the intelligent systems•11 minutes
  • Criminal liability•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
  • Quiz•30 minutes

What's included

3 videos1 assignment

3 videos•Total 24 minutes
  • The protection of intelligent systems in the light of copyright•8 minutes
  • AI and patentability•8 minutes
  • The protection of works created by AI•8 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
  • Quiz•30 minutes

What's included

3 videos1 assignment

3 videos•Total 25 minutes
  • The protection of privacy•7 minutes
  • The risks of algocracy for the fundamental freedoms: from Cambridge Analytica to mass surveillance•8 minutes
  • AI compliant to the legal privacy framework•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
  • Quiz•30 minutes

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Reviewed on Mar 22, 2026

Unfortunately, sometimes I struggle understanding what the Professor says. The content is very well taught and interesting, the quiz are very challenging

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Reviewed on Oct 2, 2025

very complete course , it covered many aspects of AI legal implications that I was not aware of

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Reviewed on Feb 2, 2023

This course provided me with the practical aspects of AI and helped me answer many questions I had in my mind.

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