Is Law and Corporate Governance Capable of Controlling AI

On 19 November 2026, the Law School will host "Is Law and Corporate Governance Capable of Controlling AI."

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For many, artificial intelligence is the most transformational technology of the past century. For others—including some of the leaders of the frontier AI labs developing the most advanced systems—it also poses a potentially existential threat to humanity. Yet AI remains only lightly regulated. Can law and corporate governance realistically navigate between the extraordinary opportunities created by AI and the risks posed by increasingly powerful systems? Or does the competitive dynamic of the AI arms race—between companies and between states—mean that meaningful control, restraint or even temporary slowdowns are ultimately unrealistic? This event asks whether law and governance can genuinely control AI, and what effective control would have to look like.

Chair - Professor David Kershaw

Speakers - Professor John Morley and Professor Alan Dignam

John Morley is Augustus E. Lines Professor of Law at Yale Law School. He was the primary drafter of the Anthropic Long-Term Benefit Trust agreement and has served since the Trust’s founding in 2023 as its principal legal counsel.He regularly advises major companies and institutions on challenging problems in governance, including public benefit mission commitments, mutual ownership governance, and AI safety. He has testified as an expert witness in proceedings related to trusts, investment funds, and general corporate organization.Morley also writes and speaks frequently about the governance of law firms. With Joel Cohen, he co-hosts New Law Order, a popular podcast on the legal profession.

Alan Dignam is a Professor of Corporate law at the School of Law at Queen Mary University of London. His research focuses on company law, corporate governance, the application of constitutional and human rights to corporations, and since 2017, as part of a Welcome Trust network project, the impact of artificial intelligence on corporate governance systems.His Oxford University Press monograph "Corporate Governance in the Age of Artificial Intelligence" examining the technification of corporate governance and the rise of alternative ownership and control systems within AI labs in the US and China is due for publication in early 2027.

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