Mastering AI Literacy: Decoding the EU’s AI Act & Crafting Smart AI Contract Clauses
Includes a Live Web Event on 10/07/2025 at 2:00 PM (EDT)
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Dive into the world of artificial intelligence with our in-depth session, designed to empower you with essential AI literacy. As AI continues to shape our future, understanding its legal and contractual landscape becomes paramount. You will leave the room empowered to face the AI clauses.
Session Highlights:
- Typical Contracts in AI: Learn about the common types of contracts involved in AI projects, from development and licensing agreements to service and partnership contracts.
- AI-Specific Contractual Provisions: Discover the key contractual provisions specific to AI, including data usage, confidentiality, and performance standards.
- Force Majeure in the Context of AI: Understand how force majeure clauses are applied to AI projects and what unforeseen events can impact AI operations.
- Lawful Use of the Input – Contractual Considerations: Explore the legal considerations for using input data in AI, ensuring compliance with data protection laws and contractual obligations.
- The Output as IP – Contractual Considerations: Delve into the intellectual property aspects of AI-generated outputs and how to protect and manage these valuable assets.
- Special Termination / Withdrawal Rights: Gain insights into the unique termination and withdrawal rights in AI contracts, safeguarding your interests in case of disputes or project changes.
- Interactive Case Studies: Engage with real-world scenarios and case studies that illustrate the practical applications of the EU’s AI Act and effective AI contract management.
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This live program offers free CLE in select jurisdictions for members of ACC. Please see details below!
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Markus Kaulartz
Partner, Co-Head of the CMS Crypto, Digital Assets and FinTech International Focus Group
CMS Germany
Markus Kaulartz specialises in all topics related to crypto and artificial intelligence (AI), as well as IT law in general. The focus of his work is on contract negotiations, compliant AI applications (e.g., privacy compliant model trainings), the structure of token-based business models, Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAOs), Decentralised Finance (DeFi), crypto exchanges (including DEXes), the metaverse and legal audits of small contracts. Besides, he focuses on challenges arising from the increasing digitalisation (FinTech, machine learning, generative AI, IoT, Smart Contracts, SaaS, etc.). He has gained a lot of experience in advising on legal issues regarding future technologies and new business models. As a former software engineer and now lawyer, Markus has particular tech expertise and insights that contribute to his legal advisory practice. His input is often sought where issues emerge at the interface of technology and law. Due to his technical background and experience, he knows the typical legal challenges tech companies face, is able to speak their language and has profound sector knowledge. Clients value his pragmatic approach, which is in high demand when companies create innovations.
Markus is editor of the legal handbook "Smart Contracts" (2019, 26 authors) and the legal handbook "Artificial Intelligence und Machine Learning" (2020, 49 authors), both published by Verlag C.H. Beck.
Markus joined CMS in 2014 and has been a partner since 2022.
Dora Petranyi
Partner, Co-Head of the Technology, Media and Communications Group
CMS Hungary
Dóra is a partner and CEE Managing Director at CMS and Co-Head of the Technology, Media and Communications Group (TMC). She also heads the TMC, Data Protection and Intellectual property (IP) practices, and is a partner in the Antitrust, Competition and Trade practice in the Budapest office.
She is expert in all three sectors of TMC (Technology, Media and Communications) with a special focus on communications, media and all types of regulatory matters, having been general counsel for the largest telecommunications provider in the region.
Her major clients are TMT and pharma companies, foreign-owned commercial banks, and major joint ventures. Her areas of specialisation include AI, digital infrastructure, cybersecurity, data protection, GDPR, competition law, IP law, general commercial contracts, corporate restructuring and M&A.
She has established and leads our managed legal services delivery centre from Budapest. As part of this project, a team including UK, German, Italian, Spanish, US, and PRC lawyers provided support to a company, undertaking and managing its procurement support on a global scale. In addition, she has in-depth experience managing and coordinating multi-jurisdictional projects in over 20 countries.
Dóra is the Co-Chairman of the Regulatory & Ethics Committee of the Hungarian AI Coalition. She is also a member of the Digital Civil Code Review Working Group, being the only outside counsel in the team. She is the first and only lawyer to be a member of the co-regulatory committee between the local telecommunications’ regulatory authority and the Association of Hungarian Content Providers. Dóra is a member of the International Board at Global Telecom Women's Network (GTWN). She is also a member of the Board of Directors of UNICEF Hungary.
Dóra is the co-author of a number of sector specific publications and is a regular speaker at key international conferences, including the World Economic Forum (Davos), the Mobile World Congress and ECTA.
Ian Stevens
Partner, Technology & Sourcing
CMS UK
Ian is a partner in our Technology & Sourcing team, leads our Fintech group and is a leader of our global AI focus group. He has deep expertise in the regulation, procurement and supply of cloud services, artificial intelligence and other disruptive and enabling information and communication technologies, services and infrastructure.
Ian advises extensively on the regulation, procurement, exploitation and supply of technology, networks and data, including digital transformation, new operating models and platforms; data centre and communications infrastructure (including satellite broadband); the deployment of open banking, payments, machine learning, robotics, automation and blockchain solutions; data governance and commercialisation, cyber security, operational resilience and data protection. He also specialises in outsourcing, offshoring and shared services (both ITO and BPO), procurement, logistics and other strategic or complex commercial contracts, ventures and arrangements.
Ian is independently recognised by Legal 500 and Chambers as a leading IT and Outsourcing expert and is ranked as a “Star Lawyer” in Information Technology by Acritas. He has extensive experience advising customers and suppliers across a wide range of sectors, with a focus on those operating in regulated sectors including Technology, Media and Communications, Financial Services and Energy and Utilities. His clients include some of the largest global suppliers of technology and services and major financial services, energy and utilities firms and a wide range of scale-up and start-up businesses, including members of the firm’s equIP incubator programme.
