AI and the Law: Insights from Tomoka Miho at IBM

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Tomoka Miho is an AI ethics expert and award-winning lawyer at IBM Japan. From her education in the UK to becoming a legal counsel, Tomoka shares her career journey, her thoughts on AI's impact on the legal profession. If you are wondering how you can be at the forefront of the new wave of generative AI or name and claim an area of specialty in this area then this is the episode for you.

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In this episode you’ll hear:

• Tomoka’s experience studying and working as a solicitor in the UK

• How she overcame key challenges during her career

• Her thoughts on AI and why women should be more involved in this area of law

• Her favourite books and other fun facts

About Tomoka

Tomoka Miho is a multi-award-winning lawyer who is Counsel and Trust & Compliance Officer at IBM in Japan. After graduating from law school in the UK, she qualified as a solicitor in the UK.

First working as an associate at a major British law firm, she then returned to Japan and gained many years of experience in financial law as an in-house lawyer in the legal department of a foreign financial institution (UBS, 2005).

Tomoka then worked as an Attorney with Deutsche Bank in 2015. She started with IBM at the end of 2021. Tomoka was a founding member of the Japan AI Ethics Team, which was established in the summer of 2022.

She provides advice on AI ethics and risks to IBM from a legal perspective - specifically, through the review of cases such as IBM Japan's services and products that use AI, and the review of contracts, etc., based on IBM's “Principles of Trust and Transparency.”

In her spare time, Tomoka likes walking, gardening, climbing and cooking. She’s a certified sushi chef and the mother of a pampered dog, Liz.

Connect with Tomoka

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomoka-miho-99b55920a/

Links

“W” Toranomon Station Tower: https://www.cardenas.co.jp/shop/restaurant/w-toranomon/

Tomoka’s book she co-wrote with her team: AI リスク教本 https://amzn.asia/d/bqPC8AR

Swimmy: https://amzn.asia/d/eHYWnqt

Who Moved My Cheese: https://amzn.asia/d/7Lr3MJH

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