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The Legal AI Exposure Most Businesses Don't Know They Have With Emily Sahhar (Cornwalls)

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Most business owners can tell you which AI tools they are using. Far fewer can tell you who is on the hook if one of those tools gets something wrong. Emily Sahhar spends her working life in that gap, and in this episode she closes it. Disclaimer: The views shared by Emily Sahhar in this episode are general in nature and do not constitute legal advice. They don't take into account your business's specific circumstances. If you need advice on how AI affects your legal obligations, speak with a qualified legal professional.

About The Guest Emily Sahhar is a Partner at Cornwalls, where she works with business owners and teams to figure out where their real exposure sits once AI tools enter the picture. In her experience the risk is rarely the tool itself, it is the absence of a policy or a plan for when something goes wrong.

What We Cover Why every business needs an AI policy and what belongs in it What clients actually worry about, and whether it is the right worry A real situation where a business found its exposure the hard way Letting a team experiment while staying responsible for the output The first thing to put in place before your team starts using AI The one question every owner should be able to answer about their AI use

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