Beauty Firms Should Draft AI Use Policies, Even If They Don’t Plan To Use AI – Attorney

Beauty and personal-care companies should draft an artificial intelligence use policy as soon as possible, regardless of their AI plans, given its ubiquity and the potential for employees to use it on their own, says Melanie Howard, partner at Loeb & Loeb LLP.

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All cosmetics and personal-care companies should establish an artificial intelligence use policy as soon as possible, even if the policy is “no AI.”

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