As 2025 draws to a close and some organizations slip into a quieter holiday rhythm, their AI systems continue humming in the background—summarizing customer inquiries, triaging security alerts, generating code, and synchronizing records across critical systems. Within that uninterrupted activity, however, lies a less festive truth: agentic AI introduces cyber risks of unprecedented complexity and
As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes more widely used in hiring and employment decisions, Illinois has taken a significant step to regulate how employers must inform workers about AI’s use. Effective January 1, 2026, House Bill 3773 amended the Illinois Human Rights Act (IHRA) to require, among other things, employer notice when AI influences or facilitates
As we explored in Part 1 of this series, AI-enabled smart glasses are rapidly evolving from niche wearables into powerful tools with broad workplace appeal — but their innovative capabilities bring equally significant legal and privacy concerns. Modern smart glasses blend high-resolution cameras, always-on microphones, and real-time AI assistants into a hands-free wearable that can
Following several unsuccessful attempts to secure federal preemption of state artificial intelligence regulations through Congress, President Trump turned to executive action, signing a sweeping executive order last Thursday night, entitled “Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence”. The Executive Order directs federal agencies to challenge state laws regulating AI, with the stated goals of
Following failed congressional attempts to limit state AI laws, on December 11, 2025, the President issued an Executive Order titled Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence. The Order represents federal intervention into the growing landscape of state-level AI regulation. According to the Administration, a patchwork of state laws has created inconsistent and burdensome
Attorneys General from 40 US States sent letter to leading LLM companies earlier this week warning that sycophantic and delusional outputs produced by LLMs constitute “dark patterns” and may open LLM companies to liability under existing State laws.
“Sycophantic outputs” is a term that refers to when an artificial intelligence model single-mindedly pursues human approval
Since our mid-year recap on minors’ privacy legislation, several significant developments have emerged in the latter half of 2025. We recap the notable developments below.
As firms face rising data volumes, competitive pressure, and regulatory scrutiny, asset managers are increasingly turning to tools driven by artificial intelligence for everything from investment research and portfolio construction to risk modeling and operational efficiency.
In a recent whitepaper, Ropes & Gray partners Melissa Bender, Amy Jane Longo, Fran Faircloth, Megan
One of the most significantly litigated areas of privacy law is biometric privacy. Tools that collect biometric information and biometric identifiers—including facial geometries, fingerprint scans, and voiceprints—are increasingly common for businesses across industries. Unfortunately, such tools in recent years have become focuses of the plaintiffs’ bar.
2025 saw continued developments in litigation under Illinois’ Biometric