As governments and private citizens around the world grapple with the range and implications of artificial intelligence, general counsel for companies specializing in AI have a tough job ahead of them in a burgeoning field, with GCs needing to focus on issues as diverse as intellectual property protections to increasing technical regulations from a variety of regulatory bodies.

Hiring is continuing to increase in this space. For example, Darktrace, an AI company specializing in cybersecurity, with headquarters in San Francisco and Cambridge, United Kingdom, has named a new general counsel with an unusual background for this field.