Google DeepMind · 7 hours ago
Associate Corporate Counsel, IP (Copyright)
Mountain View, California, US
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$210K/yr - $312K/yr
4+ years expGoogle DeepMind is looking for an enthusiastic IP specialist to join the GDM Legal Team, focusing on copyright issues related to AI model training and outputs. The role involves advising teams on legal compliance, monitoring regulations, and supporting policy development in the context of AI and copyright.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Business DevelopmentFoundational AIMachine Learning
Responsibilities
Advise research and engineering teams on copyright and data usage issues related to the training, tuning, and deployment of both task-specific and general Large Language Models (LLMs) and other AI systems and components
Monitor and interpret evolving AI and copyright regulations, with a specific focus on the EU AI Act (including General Purpose AI obligations under Art. 53), the EU Digital Single Market Directive (TDM exceptions), and US Copyright Office guidance
Support and develop AI compliance efforts and reporting requirements, including the requirements of the EU AI Act and its Code of Practice, for both the model and the data levels
Support policies and practices for handling datasets, including assisting with reviews and vetting of datasets for legal risk, ensuring compliance with appropriate copyright regulations and exceptions (e.g., fair use, TDM), opt-out protocols (e.g., robots.txt), and licensing terms
Partner with policy, ethics, and technical teams to translate legal requirements into actionable technical guardrails for GDM and the industry
Support the drafting and negotiations of complex licensing agreements and content partnerships
Support the evaluation and applications of open source licenses to both incoming and outgoing code and data
Qualification
Required
J.D., LLM or equivalent degree, and a valid license to practice law in the relevant jurisdiction (US attorney or UK Solicitor/Barrister)
Minimum of 4 years of relevant legal experience, including:
Strong familiarity with copyright issues that are at the heart of the public and government debate around AI and its regulatory and policy landscapes in at least the US, UK and EU
Identifying, developing and providing analyses and guidance to project leadership in the context of such copyright issues
Legal counseling at key decision points in the AI lifecycle
Experience working with and providing regular guidance to front-line technical clients, and collaboratively working in a legal team setting on large, complex issues and in evolving areas of law
At least basic familiarity with the technical workings of AI systems and processes such as ML training, model architectures and serving lifecycles
Strong communicator, able to flex your communication style to reach different audiences, particularly the technical community and high-level management
Preferred
Additional familiarity with web search and web architectures and related technology is a plus
Additional experience with one or more of supporting government reporting and compliance requirements, developing and making policy recommendations, supporting strategic research and product development efforts using a risk-based framework, and in-house experience is a plus
Benefits
Bonus
Equity
Benefits
Company
Google DeepMind
Google DeepMind aims to research and build safe artificial intelligence system to solve intelligence and advance science and humanity. It is a sub-organization of Google.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknown2014-01-26Acquired
2011-02-01Series A
Leadership Team
Demis Hassabis
Co-Founder & CEO
Aaron Saunders
VP of Hardware Engineering, Robotics
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