Healthcare providers, payors, and other healthcare organizations should be aware of a recently announced, “first-of-its-kind” settlement between the Texas attorney general and a healthcare generative artificial intelligence (AI) company resolving allegations that the company made a series of false and misleading statements about the accuracy and safety of its AI products. The settlement highlights the
Employment & Labor
Legislative Update: Bills That Made the Final Cut For 2024
Seyfarth Synopsis: With the Governor’s September 30 deadline to sign bills behind us, we review the employment bills that made the cut to become laws, as well as those that didn’t survive the season. The most notable new laws read intersectionality into FEHA protected categories, recast victims’ time off provisions, adjust paid…
OFCCP Releases Revised Construction Scheduling Letter
As its first official act of the 2025 Fiscal Year, OFCCP announced the release of a revised Scheduling Letter and Itemized Listing for Construction contractors. The release follows the Agency’s February 2024 publication of proposed changes to the letter and despite its release on October 2, 2024 will apply to any construction audits initiated…
The High Risk of Intellectual Property Infringement with Use of Generative AI
Use of Generative AI output carries a high risk of intellectual property infringement liability, particularly with respect to infringement of copyright protected works.
In our previous Generative Artificial Intelligence 101 blog post, we highlighted the various ways in which Generative AI is unreliable and still incapable of truly replicating human work. In today’s post, we…
What U.S. Healthcare Providers Trying to Leverage AI Can Learn from Australia Privacy Regulator’s Investigation into I-MED Radiology Network
Leveraging AI in healthcare requires vast amounts of data, but navigating privacy and data security laws is crucial. A recent investigation into Australia’s I-MED Radiology Network highlights concerns about using medical data for AI. This case offers valuable insights for U.S. providers, especially regarding compliance with HIPAA and other regulations. Read more.
California Seeks to Have Consistent Definition of Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has created numerous opportunities for growth and economic development throughout California. However, the unregulated use of AI can lead to a Pandora’s Box of undesirable consequences. A regulatory framework that leads to inconsistent results likely will lead to other problems. Acknowledging this, the most recent California legislature included a bevy of bills…
Playground – by Richard Powers
“Playground” is a futuristic story about the wonders of the ocean, the possibilities of artificial intelligence, mankind’s insatiable desire to monetize nature and the barriers of race and poverty in interpersonal relations. And more than all of that, Playground is a compelling, hard to put town novel!
Todd Keane is a technology genius and is…
AI, Privacy and the Workplace – Free Upcoming Webinar
October is one of my favorite times of the year. (And no, not just because of the Pumpkin-flavored coffee/donuts/muffins at Dunkin, though that certainly helps). But for the last several years, our firm has been producing our Fall Webinar series.
And this year is no exception.
In our complimentary four-part webinar series (register here…
WIRTW #732: the ‘day in the life’ edition
Investigation of AI Training by Australian Radiology Provider Provides Important Reminder for U.S. Healthcare Providers
If there is one thing artificial intelligence (AI) systems need is data and lots of it as training AI is essential for achieving success for a given use case. A recent investigation by Australia’s privacy regulator into the country’s largest medical imaging provider, I-MED Radiology Network, illustrates concerns about the use of medical data to…