Technologies are already woven into every aspect of our life. They are transforming the way we work, we socialize, and we live. Many more of such transformational technologies are on the way. And every new technology and its applications will bring unique legal challenges.

At Nishith Desai Associates, we believe in helping shape the future of law through deep research and thought leadership. Towards fulfilling this mission, we have created this, Sprinting to the Future of Law series.

In each issue of this series, we will analyze an emerging, just-over-the-horizon technology and offer our insights on its possible applications and important legal and other considerations.

Marc Andreessen once famously said that “software is eating the world” and now “AI is eating software.” All types of technologies, embedded by artificial intelligence, are increasingly built into products and services we use every day, and everywhere in our surroundings. The world around us knows more about us than we do ourselves. Why not benefit from it?

Ambient intelligence (AmI) refers to a system that understands an individual person’s needs, preferences, actions, and emotions, and responds accordingly to create the most-suitable personalized ambience without the need for direct interventions by the individual. Such systems can work in our living rooms, kitchens, workplaces, retail stores, cars, hotels, and even in hospitals.

In this issue of our Sprinting to the Future of Law series, we look at what Ambient Intelligence is, how its adoption is growing rapidly, what important characteristics are required in AmI to be successful, what are underlying technologies, which sectors and organizations would be interested in it, and some legal, operational and ethical considerations involved with Ambient Intelligence.

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