AI all the way down
AI
Microsoft Research has unveiled VASA-1, an AI tool that can transform single images and speech into videos of people talking (or singing) in real-time
Adobe’s Firefly, a AI image generator touted as having been trained on images licensed by Adobe and public-domain content, used AI-generated images from MidJourney, as well [Bloomberg News ($)]
After appealing the initial rejection by the Copyright Office, an author has received protection for the “selection, coordination, and arrangement of text generated by artificial intelligence” [Wired ($)]
U.S. Senators Romney, Reed, Moran, King have written a letter proposing a legislative framework “ to mitigate AI-enabled extreme risks”; Senator Romney is seeking responses by stakeholders and the public with a deadline of May 17 to framework_responses@romney.senate.gov
The New York State Bar Association has published a report on GenAI use by attorneys, including guidelines for adoption
From Reuters: “US appellate judge calls bans on AI use by lawyers 'misplaced'“
Fears are rising over how GenAI may be used for election shenanigans, here in the US and abroad [Politico | NY Times ($)]
A judge rejected a fee request by a law firm that used ChatGPT, in part, to support its claims for higher fees [Legal Dive | Above the Law]
Long Reads
Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence Index Report 2024 https://aiindex.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/HAI_AI-Index-Report-2024.pdf
Colleen V. Chien and Miriam Kim, Generative AI and Legal Aid: Results from a Field Study and 100 Use Cases to Bridge the Access to Justice Gap (March 14, 2024). UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper Forthcoming, Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review, Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4733061
David A. Hoffman and Yonathan A. Arbel, Generative Interpretation (August 13, 2023). New York University Law Review, Vol. 99, 2024, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 23-27, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4526219