End of Summer 2024
A little newsletter about legal and tech
AI
The California Legislature has passed an “sweeping,” “controversial” AI safety bill - it now heads to Gov. Newsom’s desk.
More on the possible implications and repercussions of the GenAI-enhanced photo editor for Google’s Pixel 9 phone
A survey of young people (pre-teen and teen) conducted in late 2023 found that 1 in 10 respondents “ reported that their friends or classmates had used AI tools to generate nudes of other kids [404 Media | Survey]
From a colleague of mine (thanks, Lynn): the National Conference of State Legislatures has put together a primer on AI and healthcare
“Like a Tree Falling that No One Hears: AI-generated Disclosures Have the Potential to Block Patentability of Human Ingenuity”
Blockchain/Digital Currency
From the New York Times: “A former cryptocurrency industry lobbyist was charged with campaign finance fraud on Thursday, the latest criminal prosecution to stem from the collapse of the FTX crypto exchange”
Miscellaneous
The European Union’s AI Office is hiring a policy officer to be located in San Francisco, CA. More details here
Long Reads
Solove, Daniel J., Artificial Intelligence and Privacy (February 1, 2024). 77 Florida Law Review (forthcoming Jan 2025), GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2024-36, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 2024-36, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4713111 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4713111