Demystifying AI through Due Diligence and Data Management: A Governance Guide

by Catherine Barrett

Overview

The evolution of artificial intelligence did not begin in 2022 with ChatGPT or image generators - it stretches back nearly a century to the earliest ideas of machine learning and computational logic. Today’s generative AI (GenAI), while seemingly novel, owes much to the foundations laid by video game development in the 1990s and the decades of innovation that followed.

This timely and accessible volume traces the rich historical roots of AI, offering readers a clear-eyed understanding of how past innovations have shaped the current landscape and where the technology is likely to lead us next. While the future of AI holds immense potential, it also presents profound legal and ethical challenges.

Central to this book is a focused examination of how longstanding legal doctrines like copyright, privacy, and intellectual property are now being tested by advancing AI technologies in unprecedented ways.

Grounded in the belief that "what's past is prologue," this book provides both historical insight and forward-looking analysis.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781639056811
Publisher:	American Bar Association
Publication date:	09/16/2025
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Catherine Barrett is founder and CEO of Annapolis Analytics, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in AI governance and data management, cybersecurity risk management, and data privacy and security matters. Ms. Barrett, formerly with the MITRE Corporation as a Principal Cyber Policy consultant, was vicechair of the Information Security Committee of the Science and Technology Law Section of the American Bar Association (ABA) for the 2019–2022 period. Previously, she was vice-chair of the ABA public health and policy interest group for the 2014–2015 period. She is also coauthor of What Is Telemedicine?, published by the ABA in 2015.Ms. Barrett graduated cum laude from Regis University with a BA in political science and BS in economics.Ms. Barrett’s professional memberships include the ABA, the International Information System Security Certification Consortium (ISC2), and the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP).Ms. Barrett and her husband have one son and reside in Dublin, Ireland.