Linked In Post Daniel Katz – Professor of Law @ Illinois Tech – Chicago Kent College of LawProfessor of Law @ Illinois Tech – Chicago Kent College of Law NEW PAPER “Governing AI Agents: Risk, Compliance, and Accountability in Law and Finance” — Another Draft Book Chapter for forthcoming textbook on Artificial Intelligence for Law
New York Governor Signs Frontier AI Safety Legislation
On December 19, New York Governor Kathy Hochul (D) signed the Responsible AI Safety & Education (“RAISE”) Act into law, making New York the second state in the nation to codify public safety disclosure and reporting requirements for developers of frontier AI models. Prior to signing, Governor Hochul secured several commitments from the legislature to
The Fearless Catalyst: Scheree Gilchrist
Hey there Legal Rebels! 👋 I’m excited to share with you the 51st episode of the 2025 season of the LawDroid Manifesto podcast, where I will be continuing to interview key legal innovators to learn how they do what they do. I think you’re going to enjoy this one!I have had the pleasure of working
Receipts, RAG, and Reboots: Legal Tech’s 2025 Year-End Scorecard with Niki Black and Sarah Glassmeyer
The Geek in Review closes 2025 with Greg Lambert and Marlene Gebauer welcoming back Sarah Glassmeyer and Niki Black for round two of the annual scorecard, equal parts receipts, reality check, and forward look into 2026. The conversation opens with a heartfelt remembrance of Kim Stein, a beloved KM community builder whose generosity showed up
NIST taking a lead in AI in Manufacturing and Critical Infrastructure!
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced “…its collaboration with the nonprofit MITRE Corporation as part of its efforts to ensure U.S. leadership in artificial intelligence (AI). Through this award, NIST is investing $20 million to establish two centers to advance the delivery of AI-based technology solutions to strengthen
Is AI debt heading the world into another year 2000 “Dot-Com Boom”?
The NewYorkTimes.com reported that “Artificial intelligence companies looking to raise funds are being made to pay lofty interest rates, as debt investors become cautious.” The December 26, 2025 report entitled “As A.I. Companies Borrow Billions, Debt Investors Grow Wary” (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/business/ai-debt-investors.html) included this comments from reporter Joe Rennison:
Investors in the A.I.-fueled stock
AI Control Tower on its way!
DarkReading.com reported that “…ServiceNow’s plans for autonomous cybersecurity, and building a security stack to proactively manage AI.” The December 23, 2025 article entitled ” ServiceNow Buys Armis for $7.75B, Boosts ‘AI Control Tower’” (https://www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/servicenow-buys-armis-gets-ai-control-tower) included these comments about ServiceNow:
ServiceNow continues its aggressive shopping spree to build out its cybersecurity capabilities with an
Worth Reading – The Achilles’ Heel of AI: The Data That Feeds It
This challenge, in part, is why my job title is now related to Information Governance and Compliance. It’s recognizing that data is a valuable asset and a significant risk. Grounding your AI in low-quality data is a massive risk
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The Day That ChatGPT Died: Lessons For The Rest Of Us
Imagine this: You’re on deadline, procrastinated on research (don’t judge), and ChatGPT that you counted on to help suddenly dies. That was my Nov 18. Turns out the Cloudflare outage revealed some uncomfortable truths about tech dependency and cybersecurity gaps. Maybe lawyers and legal professionals need to pump the brakes on wholesale AI adoption. And
New York Governor Vetoes NY Health Privacy Act
On December 19, 2025, New York Governor Kathy Hochul vetoed the New York Health Information Privacy Act (NY HIPA), a health data privacy bill that would have afforded consumer protections to non-HIPAA health data.
Although NY HIPA resembled existing laws, like Washington’s My Health My Data Act, it had several important differences that would have