Lawyer Ex Machina #31: Bing = Sydney
AI
Multi-national law firm Allen & Overy announced that it is the first law firm to integrate a generative AI product, called Harvey, into its document drafting processes. Harvey is based on OpenAI models but "enhanced for legal work."
Katheryn Tewson, the paralegal who has gone viral in her critiques of DoNotPay, has petitioned it and founder Josh Browder in New York state court for pre-action discovery.
Josh Browder defended his product, DoNotPay, in a podcast interview with legaltech writer/analyst Bob Ambrogi
"So How Good is ChatGPT at drafting contracts?"
From 3 Geeks and a Law Blog: an interview with legal entrepreneur Colin Lechance on using a generative AI model to read and interpret legal cases.
Cybersecurity
The City of Oakland, California was hit by a ransomware attack last week that left many of its municipal services offline into Wednesday.
A hacker group claims that it targeted the New York City Bar Association with a ransomware attack late last year.
Prosecutors and the judge in Sam Bankman-Fried's criminal trial are concerned about his use of a VPN and encrypted messaging apps to reach out to potential witnesses. [New York Times ($) | Prosecutors' letter]
Events
3/3-4/23: UCLA's Institute for Technology, Law & Policy is hosting its annual symposium on Platforms and the Press, live at the law school.
3/16/23: Arizona State University and UCLA's Institute for Technology, Law and Policy are holding a joint symposium on copyright. Topics for the all-day event include how technology is transforming copyright and how artificial intelligence intersects with copyright.