Lawyer Ex Machina #30: one bad answer from Bard, a $100 million loss for Alphabet
AI
A group of researchers from various universities and companies have released a paper showing that generative AI models can memorize a small number of images, spitting them out nearly identical replicas to the originals, given the right prompts. [Paper | MIT Tech Review ($) | Ars Technica]
Related: Getty Images has filed suit in the district of Delaware against the creator of generative AI art program Stability Diffusion for alleged copyright infringement. [Docket | Complaint]
"A judge in Colombia caused a stir by announcing he had used the AI chatbot ChatGPT in preparing a ruling in a children's medical rights case." [Court order (in Spanish)]
Interested in seeing legal queries given to ChatGPT? There's now a subReddit: r/ChatGPT_LegalAdviceUS
Blockchain
The trial involving luxury brand Hermes and a digital artist who created an NFT series called MetaBirkins has ended with a verdict for Hermes, a jury finding that the artist infringed Hermes' rights in the Birkin trademark. [Bloomberg Law ($) | New York Times ($) | Artnet News]
Theft of cryptocurrency in 2022 estimated to be $3.8 billion, with suspicion falling on hackers working on behalf of North Korea. [Bloomberg News ($)]
The independent examiner in the Celsius bankruptcy has released their report about the cryptocurrency lender. [Docket]
Cryptocurrency exchange Biance announced Monday that it will suspend U.S. dollar transfers outside of its U.S. division.
Data Privacy
From The MarkUp: Senators Launch Inquiry into Telehealth Companies for Tracking and Monetizing Personal Data
The EU is "introducing a new oversight process to monitor major data-privacy investigations" after complaints of very slow investigations again major tech companies. [Wall Street Journal ($)]
Events
Duke Center on Law & Tech and the Program on Law & Innovation at Vanderbilt Law are co-hosting a Future of Contracts Design Derby for law students later this month, with a cash prize for the best solution. Virtual teams can participate.
Longish Reads
AI as Systemic Risk in a Polycrisis by Anselm Küsters