OpenAI recently published research summarizing how criminal and nation-state adversaries are using large language models (LLMs) to attack companies and create malware and phishing campaigns. In addition, the use of deepfakes has increased, including audio and video spoofs used for fraud campaigns.
Although “most organizations are aware of the danger,” they “lag behind in [implementing]
Continuing the weekly blog posts about lawyers using AI and getting in trouble, the Massachusetts Office of Bar Counsel recently issued an article entitled “Two Years of Fake Cases and the Courts are Ratcheting Up the Sanctions,” summarizing the problems encountered by courts when confronted with lawyers citing fake cases, and the
Dating sure has changed since I was in the market decades ago. Some of us can’t imagine online dating, let alone dating a bot. Get over it—it’s now reality.
According to Vantage Point, a counseling company located in Texas, it surveyed 1,012 adults and a whopping 28% of them admitted to having “at least one
On September 29, 2025, Governor Gavin Newsom signed the Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act (TFAIA, SB 53 or the Act)[1], establishing a comprehensive framework for transparency, safety and accountability in the development and deployment of the most advanced artificial intelligence models. Building upon existing California laws targeting AI such as AB 2013
On October 6, 2025, Bloomberg reported that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has launched an investigation into AppLovin Corporation’s data-collection practices, following an alleged whistleblower complaint and a series of short-seller reports. We previously covered the shareholder class action against AppLovin in another blog post. The company is a mobile advertising technology business that
U.S. District Judge Amit P. Mehta sanctioned an attorney who filed a brief containing erroneous citations in every case cited after the attorney admitted to relying on generative AI to write the brief. The attorney had used the tools Grammarly, ProWriting Aid, and Lexis’ cite-checking tool. The attorney was ordered to pay sanctions, including opposing
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is rolling out a new Automated Search Pilot Program, offering applicants a first-of-its-kind opportunity to receive a pre-examination, AI-generated prior art search report. The program’s stated goals are to improve prosecution efficiency and the quality of patent examination by providing an Automated Search Results Notice (ASRN)
For many lawyers practicing outside the United States, intellectual property protection and risk are most often associated with patents, trademarks and copyrights. Trade secrets are frequently treated as the forgotten stepchild—associated with employment law and contracts rather than as an independent body of law. But since the passage of the Federal Defend Trade Secrets Act