Inhuman scale: Big Data, the Internet of Things and the AI revolution
Of all the jargon and buzzwords beloved of IT professionals – “the cloud”, “SaaS”, “web 2.0” and an infinity of others – “Big Data” is the most...
Gareth Stokes
Gareth Stokes is a Partner at DLA Piper, focussing on information technology, outsourcing and intellectual property-driven contracts. Gareth’s experience spans numerous complex major procurement and sourcing projects within heavily regulated industries. Most such engagements involve elements of service delivery on-shore, with other elements delivered further afield, whether nearshore within the newer EU member states or offshore in India, China and emerging economies. These projects tend to involve innovative contractual structures, including joint venture arrangements, multi-level framework and call off structures, trust arrangements and other multi-contract arrangements.
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Artificially limited: liability for machine intelligence
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