Extract from Trudy Knockless’s article “GCs Are Being Left Out of AI Strategy—Here’s How They Can Get Back In”
Legal departments can’t wait to become AI experts, but they can’t sit out the conversation, either. That was the message behind “AI and the GC: Questions You May Be Afraid to Ask, But Should,” a webinar conducted Tuesday by the in-house recruiting firm BarkerGilmore.
Panelists were Pei Zhang, general counsel of the warehouse automation firm Fortna, and Michael O’Sullivan, chief administrative and legal officer at Vishay Intertechnology, a maker of semiconductors and other electronic technology. The conversation was moderated by BarkerGilmore adviser Peter Ganz, who formerly was a general counsel of two companies.
The remote audience—largely GCs and CLOs—was polled at the start of the webinar. About 60% said they used AI occasionally for specific tasks, but just a fraction said their legal departments were “leading and shaping” AI policy.
