Joel Roberson, Marissa Serafino, Paul Stimers, Todd Wooten Highlights The Bipartisan Senate Artificial Intelligence (AI) Working Group on May 15, 2024, released “Driving U.S. Innovation in Artificial Intelligence: A Roadmap for Artificial Intelligence Policy in the United States Senate” (Roadmap). The Roadmap comes at the end of months of high-profile forums, classified briefings and other information-gathering efforts
Unchartered Territories: Canadian Courts and Law Societies Grapple with the Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools
Scott Bower, Stephen Burns, Ahmed Elmallah, J. Sébastien Gittens Canadian courts and law societies, alike, are faced with an ever-evolving challenge: straddling the line between recognizing the potential benefits of emergent generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), while balancing the associated risks of using this technology. Principle to these associated risks is the ability of GenAI to “hallucinate” (i.e., generate
UK Regulators Share Views on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Regulation
Yulia Makarova On 1 February 2024, the UK government’s Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and His Majesty’s Treasury addressed a joint letter to the Bank of England (BoE) and the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) requesting an update on their strategic approach to the adoption and implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML)
Colorado Passes First-in-Nation Artificial Intelligence Act
Maneesha Mithal, Stacy Okoro, Christopher Olsen Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati On May 17, 2024, Governor Jared Polis signed the Colorado Artificial Intelligence Act (SB 24-205) (CAIA), regulating the development, deployment, and use of artificial intelligence (AI) systems. Colorado is the first state to enact comprehensive AI legislation. The law becomes effective February 1, 2026. Summary CAIA applies
Listing: 9 “Best” AI Legal Assistants (May 2024)
It looks like the list is sponsored – but worth a quick run through 9 “Best” AI Legal Assistants (May 2024) 1. Legal Robot Legal Robot is an AI-driven platform that helps users understand and draft legal documents with ease. The platform offers document analysis, automated contract drafting, and the ability to customize legal documents
Colin Levy’s Reading List
When Colin Levy speaks, the wise listen. His recent LinkedIn post on keeping up with the intersection of technology and the practice of law has his usual quota of good ideas. Here are some thoughts on a few of the references:
–The Legal Tech Ecosystem (Book) (My review).-Colinslevy.com (Website)Is Levy wrong
Article – The Atlantic: “Google Is Playing a Dangerous Game With AI Search”
Well worth a read Doctors often have a piece of advice for the rest of us: Don’t Google it. The search giant tends to be the first stop for people hoping to answer every health-related question: Why is my scab oozing? What is this pink bump on my arm? Search for symptoms, and you might click through to
NIST Delivers Draft Standards on AI and Launches GenAI Evaluation Program in Furtherance of President Biden’s Executive Order on AI
Late last month, the Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (“NIST”) released four draft publications regarding actions taken by the agency following President Biden’s executive order on AI (the “Order”; see our prior alert here)[1] and call for action within six months of the Order. Adding to NIST’s mounting portfolio
Evaluating Generative AI for Legal Research: A Benchmarking Project
This is a post from multiple authors: Rebecca Fordon (The Ohio State University), Deborah Ginsberg (Harvard Law Library), Sean Harrington (University of Oklahoma), and Christine Park (Harvard Law Library)
In late 2023, several legal research databases and start-up competitors announced their versions of ChatGPT-like products, each professing that theirs would be the latest and greatest.
Old Men Aren’t Safer. We Are Just Cautious.
I was struck by an entry at a site I follow for RV owners, which opined about this Memorial Day weekend. Apparently, this weekend is very popular for traveling in general, and, of course, for RV owners. The post contained this snippet:
“Memorial Day weekend ranks as one of the most dangerous holidays on our
“Memorial Day weekend ranks as one of the most dangerous holidays on our