A bipartisian bill, the Leadership in Critical and Emerging Technologies Act (“Leadership in CET Act”), was recently introduced to Congress that proposes a USPTO initiative to accelerate review of patent applications in “stratically important” technological sectors. The proposed bill identifies artificial intelligence, semiconductor design, and quantum computing as eligible categories, emphasizing their role in maintaining
Last week a Georgia state court granted summary judgment in favor of OpenAI, ending a closely watched defamation lawsuit over false information—sometimes called “hallucinations”—generated by its generative AI product, ChatGPT. The plaintiff, Mark Walters, is a nationally syndicated radio host and prominent gun rights advocate who sued OpenAI after ChatGPT produced output incorrectly stating that
On March 18, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia affirmed the lower court’s decision to deny copyright registration for an AI-generated artwork where the AI was listed as the sole author. The court relied on a longstanding interpretation of the Copyright Act, which requires that a copyrightable work must
For some time, the EU has been contemplating the introduction of a new Directive to make it easier for consumers to bring claims for a range of alleged harms caused by AI systems, commonly referred to as the AI Liability Directive (the “AILD”).
On 5 September 2024, the EU, UK and US joined seven other states[1] in signing the Council of Europe Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law (“Treaty”) – the first international treaty governing the safe use of artificial intelligence (‘‘AI’’).[2] The Treaty remains subject to ratification,
On July 26th, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (“NIST”) released its Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework: Generative Artificial Intelligence Profile (the “Profile”),[1] laying out more than 200 suggested actions to mitigate the risks of generative artificial intelligence (“Gen AI”). This Profile is a companion to NIST’s Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework (the
As inventors, attorneys and patent examiners grapple with the impacts of AI on patents, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (the “USPTO”) has released guidance concerning the subject matter patent eligibility of inventions that relate to AI technology.[1] The impetus for this guidance was President Biden’s Executive Order on Safe, Secure and Trustworthy
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
