Modern Law Magazine Issue 65

INTERVIEWS
INTERVIEWS
The Intersection of AI and Law -
Creating a Global AI Regulations
Tracker and Shaping the Future
of Legal Tech
“As someone who dabbles
in both AI and law, I felt I
was in a unique position to
contribute a public resource
that could broaden people’s
awareness of the various
regulatory approaches
around the world.”
Firstly, tell me a little bit about yourself, your
career so far, and what you have been working
on recently?
“My name is Ray, and I am a technology lawyer, programmer
and content creator from Sydney, Australia. As a tech lawyer, my
focus area is AI. I advise clients, both small and big, in relation
to legal and regulatory issues that apply to their AI product/
project. I love my job because AI has long been a huge passion
of mine. I’ve been building AI programs as a hobby (self-taught)
since high school. Even today, I still love to spend my spare
time building apps, and have released my own products to the
public, such as SyncTrainer, and Auxtract. Indeed, I have been
told that I have a unique skillset for a lawyer. I have been able
to leverage AI dev skills to help me deeply understand the
technical aspects of my clients’ AI projects, which in turn has
helped me deliver more effective and targeted legal advice for
them. I am also passionate about education, and love creating
content on LinkedIn, YouTube and TikTok about AI tech, market
and legal updates to help boost community awareness of AI.”
Can you tell me about what Global AI
Regulations Tracker is and what it does?
“My Global AI Regulation Tracker is an online interactive world map.
You can click on a region to view a quick summary of its current
approach and developments in AI regulation (including my personal
commentary and an archive of my LinkedIn posts relating to that
region). So far, my map covers Australia, Brazil, Canada, China,
the European Union, India, Indonesia, Japan, Saudi Arabia, South
Africa, South Korea, United Kingdom, and the USA. But more
regions are coming soon!”
“I have been told that I have a unique
skillset for a lawyer. I have been
able to leverage AI dev skills to help
me deeply understand the technical
aspects of my clients’ AI projects…”
What led you to create Global AI Regulations
Tracker? How did you identify a need for a
resource like this?
“As someone who dabbles in both AI and law, I felt I was in
a unique position to contribute a public resource that could
broaden people’s awareness of the various regulatory approaches
around the world. While there are other AI regulation trackers
available, I found many of them were either too informationheavy
or not very user-friendly, especially for non-legal
people. So, that’s why I have designed my tracker in the way that
it is; visual, free and easy to use. I have also posted my thoughts
on AI regulation across my various platforms for quite a while
now, and I felt now was the right time to build a personal hub
that could gather all my original content into one place.”
What are your hopes for the application of
Global AI Regulations Tracker, and how do you
hope to build this service?
“Within one week of its launch, my tracker was viewed over
100,000 times, and received overwhelming positive feedback
from the AI community. I would like to see that growth continue.
I also plan to continue adding more regions to my tracker as well
as potentially add extra premium features to get some kind of
subscription model going for professional and academic users. “
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