AI-Generated Bar Questions
A small newsletter on legaltech
AI
From TechCrunch: “OpenAI’s new reasoning AI models hallucinate more”
Stanford Law School’s Deborah L. Rhode Center on the Legal Profession and Legal Design Lab have collaborated with the Los Angeles Superior Court on a report called “A Blueprint for Expanding Access to Justice in Los Angeles Superior Court’s Eviction Docket” [LawSites summary | Report link]
The House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party has released a report on Chinese GenAI developer DeepSeek, calling the company “a profound threat to our nation’s security”
Some actors who have licensed their likenesses for AI avatars have found those avatars have been used for online scams and misinformation campaigns
Fabrication Follies
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences have added a new rule regarding film eligibility and GenAI
The United Arab Emirates have announced a new Regulatory Intelligence Office to have AI systems to review, draft and amend legislation [Social media post by HH Sheikh Mohammed | Financial Times ($) | Computerworld]
The District of Columbia has joined 40 states in adopting the duty of Technology Competence in its
Rules of Professional Conduct, albeit with a slight tweak
Data Privacy
From 404 Media [$]: “Judge Rules Blanket Search of Cell Tower Data Unconstitutional”
Toyota and Progressive Insurance are being sued in a putative class action for collecting and selling personal data of drivers and their vehicles without consent [Law.com | Law360 | Bloomberg Law | Docket | Complaint]
Miscellaneous
The California Bar admitted in an email on Monday that 23 of the multiple-choice questions on the February bar exam were drafted using AI by the psychometrics firm hired to assess the validity of the exam, with another 48 questions “recycled” from the agency’s ‘baby bar exam’ [Lawcom | Los Angeles Times | Ars Technica | California State Bar press release]
Long Reads
Surden, Harry, Artificial Intelligence and Law – An Overview of Recent Technological Changes in Large Language Models and Law (February 12, 2025). 96 Colorado Law Review pp. 376 - 411 (2025), U of Colorado Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 25-8, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5135305 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5135305
Shao, Y., Samuel, V., Jiang, Y., Yang, J. and Yang, D., 2024. Collaborative Gym: A Framework for Enabling and Evaluating Human-Agent Collaboration. arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.15701
European Data Protection Board, AI Privacy Risks & Mitigations Large Language Models (LLMs) [Report], (April 10, 2025) https://www.edpb.europa.eu/our-work-tools/our-documents/support-pool-experts-projects/ai-privacy-risks-mitigations-large_en
Events
In connection with the report from Stanford Law about LASC’s eviction docket, there will be two webinars next week:
4/30, 4 pm PT (for L.A. locals): https://stanford.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_pYPkJ81KQfa43iCqxtUjpQ#/registration
5/1, 1:30 pm PT: https://stanford.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_V5uSzGP2RiaPi3BI5gdm4w#/registration