While the disruptive potential of generative AI in legal services dominates headlines, the real story lies with the individuals making that transformation possible. For in-house legal teams and law firms facing rapid shifts in regulation and technology, upskilling has evolved from a competitive advantage into the foundation of any successful AI strategy.
Technology Isn’t the…
A new lawsuit filed in Illinois federal court is shining a spotlight on the legal risks tied to AI-powered meeting assistants that offer transcription and speaker identification services on platforms like Zoom and Microsoft Teams. The complaint, brought by Illinois resident Katelin Cruz, alleges that California-based tech company Fireflies.AI Corp. is illegally harvesting and storing…
On December 17, 2025, a bipartisan group of 23 Attorneys General from the states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawai’i, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, and the District of Columbia, sent a comment letter to the Federal Communications Commission…
In an excellent blog post, “Avoiding AI Pitfalls in 2026: Lessons Learned from Top 2025 Incidents,” ISACA’s Mary Carmichael summarizes lessons learned from top incidents in 2025 using MIT’s AI Incident Database and risk domains. According to Carmichael, an analysis of the incidents showed recurring patterns across different risk domains, including privacy, security,…
Deepfakes continue to be problematic for organizations and individuals. They are hard to detect and hard to respond to when used in an attack against a company.
To respond to this ongoing, and increasingly prevalent, problem, cyber insurer Coalition announced this week that it will expand coverage for “certain incidents where AI and deepfakes lead…
As platforms like Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Google Meet have cemented themselves as the backbone of modern collaboration, a quiet revolution has unfolded in our meeting rooms, one where digital notetakers often outnumber the people actually present. Tools like fireflies.ai and Otter.ai promise the magic of effortless, automated meeting transcription. But as reliance on these…
In its 40th anniversary report, Trouble in Toyland 2025, the Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) warns that “[T]oys with artificial intelligence bots or toxics present hidden dangers. Tests show A.I. toys can have disturbing conversations. Other concerns include unsafe or counterfeit toys bought online.”
The report outlines PIRG’s testing of four toys (Curio’s Grok,…
The use of AI tools is revolutionizing our society. The efficiency it presents is like nothing we have ever experienced. That said, there are risks worth considering.
“AI poses risks including job loss, deepfakes, biased algorithms, privacy violations, weapons automation and social manipulation. Some experts and leaders are calling for stronger regulation and ethical…
OpenAI recently published research summarizing how criminal and nation-state adversaries are using large language models (LLMs) to attack companies and create malware and phishing campaigns. In addition, the use of deepfakes has increased, including audio and video spoofs used for fraud campaigns.
Although “most organizations are aware of the danger,” they “lag behind in [implementing]…
Continuing the weekly blog posts about lawyers using AI and getting in trouble, the Massachusetts Office of Bar Counsel recently issued an article entitled “Two Years of Fake Cases and the Courts are Ratcheting Up the Sanctions,” summarizing the problems encountered by courts when confronted with lawyers citing fake cases, and the…
