Instacart recently held its annual hackathon in which participants work to develop innovative ideas for the company to consider implementing.
The event was held against the backdrop of the many artificial intelligence-related developments during the last six months or so, especially those involving generative AI.
Given the widespread availability of tools such as ChatGPT to inform and support the proposals for improvements generated by employees, Instacart’s in-house legal team worked to develop and roll out a policy on AI use for the hackathon.
“We wanted to make sure we had some fundamental guardrails,” said Morgan Fong, Instacart’s general counsel.
The anecdote Fong shared during a recent Ironclad webinar was one example of how advancements in AI are presenting in-house legal teams with plenty of opportunities to engage in advisory and educational work.
Given the interest among Instacart leadership in using artificial intelligence to improve its customer offerings, the company’s legal department has created an AI advisory group that includes members of the IT, commercial and privacy teams.
“We meet on a weekly basis to really just share what’s going on in each other’s worlds to make sure that we’re aligning and providing consistent advice to our business,” Fong said.
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