Uber, Netflix lawyers flag AI risks at ACC meeting

The comments came during a panel at the Association of Corporate Counsel's annual meeting in Boston on Tuesday, where legal counsel from Uber and Netflix addressed an audience of in-house lawyers. Their warning centers on the speed at which AI tools are being adopted inside companies, and the fact that broad accessibility to these tools can outpace the policies meant to govern them.

This is not a product announcement or a regulatory decision, but a signal from the legal front lines. Uber and Netflix are both large, data-heavy companies whose in-house teams deal with privacy, IP, and compliance issues daily. When their lawyers say wide AI accessibility raises risks, it suggests that even sophisticated firms are grappling with how to control internal AI use.

The stakes hinge on whether corporate legal departments can formalize AI governance before incidents occur. If they cannot, companies may face regulatory scrutiny or litigation. The audience—in-house counsel—is the group most likely to be tasked with closing that gap, so their response in the coming months will be telling.