Nigel Cannings

Nigel Cannings is an expert in speech technology and AI and its application in the legal and financial sectors, having spent over two decades pioneering technology-driven solutions in these fields. He has over a dozen patents to his name in the field of Natural Language Processing, Cryptography, AI and Speech Processing. A former City lawyer, Nigel transitioned from law to technology, where he has been at the forefront of developing AI tools that help understand communications better. A key milestone was pioneering the introduction of GPU technology into speech recognition in 2014, which led to further groundbreaking work over the last 10 years on Explainable AI, AI Ethics, Secure Search, Confidential Inferencing, Virtual Meeting Rooms, and a host of other technologies. He is the founder of Intelligent Voice, a provider of speech and NLP solutions to the financial sector. He also founded Terms Were Not Disclosed, a groundbreaking AI platform that detects unfair contract clauses and tracks changes in Privacy Policies, focusing on protecting user data. Based in London, Nigel is a thought leader on the impact of AI on professional expertise, and he continues to explore the intersection of technology and human intelligence.