'Building Guardrails': Adobe's AGC on Legal's Responsibility in Generative AI

In a conversation with Corporate Counsel, Adobe's Senior Director and Associate General Counsel J. Scott Evans talks about the importance of building AI guardrails to protect against the misuse and how Adobe is helping artists protect their work from being copied through the use of AI and used for commercial use.

March 26, 2024 at 12:59 PM

8 minute read

Artificial Intelligence

Trudy Knockless
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The original version of this story was published on Corporate Counsel

What You Need to Know

J. Scott Evans has been with Adobe for more than a decade.
He serves as Adobe's senior director of IP and advertising law.
Evans was an actor before transitioning to law.

Adobe's Senior Director and Associate General Counsel J. Scott Evans said it is a company's responsibility to build guardrails to prevent misuse of AI tools, but it cannot be done in a siloed fashion. It needs to be multifunctional and thought of from many perspectives.