Earlier this week, the well-known commentator Seth Godin observed,
“One of the valid complaints about some AI systems is that they make stuff up, with confidence, and without sourcing, and then argue when challenged.
Unsurprisingly, this sounds a lot like people.”
In evaluating whether lawyers should use Gen AI tools, lawyers (and legal commentators,
First international treaty on AI
The Council of Europe recently adopted a framework convention which aims to ensure the respect of human rights, the rule of law, and democratic legal standards, in the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems. The treaty is the outcome of two years’ work by an intergovernmental body, the Committee on
The FCC has published the tentative agenda for its August 2024 Open Meeting. The meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, August 7, at 10:30 a.m. EDT, and will be livestreamed at www.fcc.gov/live and available on the FCC’s YouTube channel. The agenda includes the following items:
Establishing a Missing and Endangered Persons Alert Code (PS Docket
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office continues to seek stakeholder input on AI-generated disclosures and patentability. Earlier this year, USPTO issued a public Request for Comment on the impact of artificial intelligence on prior art, the known understanding of a person of ordinary skill and how this effects patentability, specifically novelty and obviousness of a
It’s been a bit of a crazy week around here. Power is back on in (most of) Houston, and I’m headed to Chicago for the American Association of Law Libraries Annual Conference. Hopefully, the massive Internet outage that’s happening with CrowdStrike and Microsoft 365 won’t have me hanging out at the airport bar all day.
On 2 July, the French data protection supervisory authority – Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL) – launched a new public consultation on the development of AI systems. The public consultation is on (i) a new series of how-to sheets aimed at providing clarifications and recommendations with respect to seven issues related to
The California Privacy Protection Agency (“CPPA”) discussed at its July 16 meeting new enforcement focuses in addition to current goals. While the new focuses are largely in line with general trends, they also serve as a reminder that specific and nuanced compliance decisions can make a big difference.
As the CPPA has made clear in
The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into various industries has revolutionized the way we approach complex problems, and the field of civil defense litigation is no exception. As lawyers and legal professionals navigate the complex and often cumbersome landscape of civil defense, AI can offer a transformative assistance that not only enhances efficiency but also
Computerworld.com reported that “AI and automation may help enterprises transition to four-day workweeks by promoting asynchronous work, optimizing the exchange of information, and minimizing low-level tasks.” The July 17, 2024 article entitled “Is AI the secret sauce for the four-day workweek?” (https://www.computerworld.com/article/2514527/is-ai-the-secret-sauce-for-the-four-day-workweek.html) included these comments:
Companies that have experimented with four-day workweeks have
I’m sharing a guide and exercise I’ve developed for my legal research courses. This Google spreadsheet provides instructions on crafting AI prompts for legal research and includes a practical exercise for comparing different AI systems. It’s designed to help develop skills in leveraging AI for legal research. Feel free to copy it to adapt it