The era of big data led to companies all over the world embracing data as a key competitor driver. The more they knew about their operations, customers and products, the more successful they would be. And now these same companies are embracing artificial intelligence (AI) in order to make sense of all this data. But there's just one problem here: the implementation of AI-based systems is raising a whole host of new legal issues and stimulating a robust public debate about data privacy. It is important, first and foremost, to recognize that data is the "raw material" of artificial intelligence.

The era of big data led to companies all over the world embracing data as a key competitor driver. The more they knew about their operations, customers and products, the more successful they would be.