Happy Holidays 2024
A small newsletter about legaltech
[Editor’s note: Not only is this the 100th issue of the newsletter, it is my last for 2024. This will return to regular weekly publishing in late January]
AI
A D.C. District Court has found that a self-represented litigant included “seemingly fabricated cases” that “appear to have been invented by artificial intelligence” in their proposed second amended complaint (h/t to Mary Matuszak) [Docket | Memorandum Opinion]
From LawFare: “The Rush for AI-Enabled Drones on Ukrainian Battlefields”
And from The Verge: “OpenAI is partnering with defense tech company Anduril”
A group of lawmakers sent letters to the chief executives of Apple, TikTok, Meta, Microsoft, and Google to request responses to questions on how they are planning to protect users from harms of deepfake pornography on their platforms [404 Media ($) | Letter]
A proposal to “revolutionize legal education with AI”: the Socratic QuizBot
The Emerging Technology Observatory has officially released its AI GOvernance and Regulatory Archive (AGORA), which tracks AI governance regulations and documents from the U.S., China, Israel, the UK and other countries
Data Privacy
An attorney who sued DHS, CBP, and ICE for warrantless searches of his phone at border inspections had his second amended complaint dismissed without prejudice by a district court in Dallas, TX [Courthouse News brief | Opinion & Order | Docket]
From 404 Media ($): Location Data Firm Offers to Help Cops Track Targets via Doctor Visits
Miscellaneous
General Motors is defunding its Cruise robotaxi service, after a loss of almost US$3.5 billion last year
New Jersey is considering a proposed comment to their Rules of Professional Conduct that would adopt the duty of technological competence (h/t to Bob Ambrogi) [Notice on Request for Comments | LawSites]