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…
Dating sure has changed since I was in the market decades ago. Some of us can’t imagine online dating, let alone dating a bot. Get over it—it’s now reality.
According to Vantage Point, a counseling company located in Texas, it surveyed 1,012 adults and a whopping 28% of them admitted to having “at least one…
On October 6, 2025, Bloomberg reported that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has launched an investigation into AppLovin Corporation’s data-collection practices, following an alleged whistleblower complaint and a series of short-seller reports. We previously covered the shareholder class action against AppLovin in another blog post. The company is a mobile advertising technology business that…
U.S. District Judge Amit P. Mehta sanctioned an attorney who filed a brief containing erroneous citations in every case cited after the attorney admitted to relying on generative AI to write the brief. The attorney had used the tools Grammarly, ProWriting Aid, and Lexis’ cite-checking tool. The attorney was ordered to pay sanctions, including opposing…
On September 29, 2025, Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 53, the Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act (“the Act”) into law, establishing a regulatory framework for developers of advanced artificial intelligence (AI) systems. The law imposes new transparency, reporting, and risk management requirements on entities developing high-capacity AI models. It is the first of its…
