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"The Report of the Singapore Academy of Law's Law Reform Committee Subcommittee on Robotics and Artificial Intelligence considers the legal issues regarding: who controls or has rights over the 'big data' databases that underpin many new and emerging Artificial Intelligence technologies, and how best to ensure that those who contribute data to those databases retain an appropriate degree of control over and access to that data. Those datasets and databases are the 'stock feed' on which AI systems - and machine learning AI systems in particular - rely. As such, the legal and policy landscape governing those databases is of crucial importance. Legal and policy shortcomings at the 'database' level will have ripple effects (potentially significantly amplified) at the 'application' level. It is hoped that the analysis and recommendations in this report will help facilitate the development of Singapore law in ways that help drive the benefits offered by data and stimulate innovation, while protecting the important rights and liberties of individuals"--Extracted from executive summary