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Stay informed with our latest insights on privacy and technology trends, along with key updates from our firm.
Questions to Ask Your AI Vendor: A Checklist
This week, we’re presenting a checklist of questions that you should ask potential AI vendors.
When AI Sings the “Robot Lawyer Blues”
This week, an unexpected turn in presentation preparation led us to create a country song about Robot Lawyers and make suggestions about how legal professionals can thrive in the age of AI.
California’s New AI Laws
This week, let’s highlight five new laws enacted in California that regulate the use of artificial intelligence (AI), and especially the use of deepfakes in election campaigns and the entertainment industry.
Meta's $1.4 Billion Texas Biometric Settlement
This week, let’s highlight Texas’s recent $1.4 Billion settlement with Meta stemming from its 2022 lawsuit accusing the “Artificial Intelligence empire” of building itself on the “backs of Texans” by violating the Texas Capture or Use of Biometric Identifier Act (CUBI).
Exploring EPIC’s Report on Outsourced AI Systems
Exploring EPIC’s Report on Outsourced AI Systems: This week, let’s consider government contracts for AI systems and the Electronic Privacy Information Center’s analysis of related issues, like privacy, cybersecurity, accuracy, bias, and more. Tips about procurement and contracting are included.
Stop Selling Data: Avast's Strategy Stymied by the FTC
This week, let’s consider the Federal Trade Commission’s recent settlement with Avast, which, among other things, contains a $16.5 million penalty and bans Avast from selling web browsing data for advertising purposes
AI Legal Ethics: Guidance from California and Florida, and a Proposed Rule from the Fifth Circuit
This week, let’s consider recent guidance and proposed rules from California, Florida, and the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, all addressing the ethical and practical implications of the use of artificial intelligence by lawyers.
CFPB Spotlights the FCRA’s Next Regulatory Frontier: Data Brokers
This week, let’s consider the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s recent announcement (making waves!) that it intends to bring certain data brokers under the umbrella of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, aiming to bolster transparency and safeguards for consumer data.
Getting Smarter about AI: A Guide for Legal Professionals
This week, let’s focus on what lawyers need to know to become smarter about the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in law practice.
The Escalating Battle Against Disinformation in a Digitally-Driven World
This week, we'll dissect the debates surrounding disinformation, which is poised to become even more prevalent as AI is used to fabricate counterfeit images, videos, and audio.
Managing AI Risk: NIST Framework and ISO Guidance Announced
This week, let’s highlight the new risk management framework and guidance respectively published by NIST and ISO.
Artificial Intelligence Needs Human Values
This week, let’s work toward finding a global consensus regarding the values that unpin the development and deployment of artificial intelligence systems as we consider UNESCO’s draft Recommendation on the Ethics of AI.
May it Be Human: Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, and the Pope
This week, let’s explore insight offered by Pope Francis into artificial intelligence and robotics.
The Digital Privacy - Artificial Intelligence Conundrum
This week, on the eve of Ant Group’s huge IPO, let’s consider how the U.S. can balance digital privacy while maintaining an AI-friendly business environment.
Privacy and the First Amendment
This week, let’s consider the looming conflict between privacy and the First Amendment as Clearview AI — a controversial start-up that sells a facial recognition technology built on photos scraped from the internet — reportedly prepares a First Amendment defense.