Header Image – Author: Chiraag Bains Here’s the introduction As developments in artificial intelligence (AI) accelerate, advocates have rightly focused on the technology’s potential to cause or exacerbate discrimination. Policymakers are considering a host of protections, from disclosure and audit requirements for AI products to prohibitions on the use of AI in sensitive contexts. At the
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IBA Publication: The Future Is Now – Artificial Intelligence & The Legal Profession – Sept 2024
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38 pp report THE FUTURE IS NOW: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE LEGAL PROFESSION SEPTEMBER 2024 5 Foreword The transformative impact of artificial intelligence (AI) can no longer be ignored. If the internet changed the way we live and work, AI may have an even greater impact on our profession and our society. Not all of…
UK boy named after Star Wars character denied passport due to copyright infringement
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Header Image is an AI Generated Image To Highlight The Information Contained In The Report Below A 7-year-old boy was refused a passport for a family holiday because his name was a copyright infringement of the Star Wars franchise. Christian and Becky Mowbray had booked a family trip to the Dominican Republic for the end of October, Suffolk…
Press Release: Wolters Kluwer Introduces New GenAI Functionality to VitalLaw Legal Research Platform
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Here’s what they are saying –Wolters Kluwer today announced the launch of innovative generative AI (GenAI) functionality for VitalLaw, the company’s intuitive legal research platform. VitalLaw® AI combines the power of innovation with Wolters Kluwer’s in-depth expertise across 25 practice areas including tax, securities, privacy, and labor and employment to provide even better outcomes for clients. Ken…
Karnov Group Launches KAILA GenAI Legal Research Assistant
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The Artificial Lawyer reports The Karnov Group, which is headquartered in Sweden and has bases in Denmark, Norway, France, Spain and Portugal, has launched KAILA (Karnov AI Legal Assistant), an LLM-based capability to take its extensive legal data collections to a new level of utility for lawyers. https://www.karnovgroup.dk/da-dk/kaila-support KAILA delivers ‘precise and reliable answers along with source…
Lawyers Weekly – Can GenAI outperform Australian law students?
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LW write An NSW-based law lecturer recently undertook an experiment, pitting his criminal law cohort against 10 separate AI-generated responses for an end-of-semester exam. The results might surprise you. In the wake of its still-recent explosion into mainstream consciousness, much has been made of the capacity for generative AI (GenAI) to perform the duties of…
Press Release: Announcing the AI Law Librarians Prompt Library
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By Rebecca Fordon on Sep 23, 2024 03:35 pm We’re excited to announce a new resource for our community: the AI Law Librarians Prompt Library, a place for law librarians (and the legal community at large) to share and collect useful prompts. Explore the Prompt Library AI Prompt Library for Law: Research, Drafting, Teaching, and…
IBA Mexico: Lawyers at the forefront of global AI governance
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UK Law Society Gazette Reports The legal profession must be at the forefront of global efforts to ensure the spread of artificial intelligence is governed for the benefit of humanity, the world’s largest gathering of lawyers has heard. In what it described as a ‘call to action for the legal community to embrace AI responsibly…
California governor signs laws to protect actors against unauthorized use of AI
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A new California law will allow performers to back out of existing contracts if vague language might allow studios to freely use AI to digitally clone their voices and likeness. California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed off Tuesday on legislation aiming at protecting Hollywood actors and performers against unauthorized artificial intelligence that could be used to…
US judge denies rapper Pras Michel’s request for new trial despite AI error in closing argument
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Australasian Lawyer A federal judge has rejected American rapper Prakazrel “Pras” Michel’s request for a new trial despite an error made by an artificial intelligence (AI) program used in crafting closing arguments. Michel, a member of the hip-hop group Fugees, had been convicted for using straw donors in a covert lobbying campaign related to foreign…