Lawyer Ex Machina #32: Sci-fi mag inundated by ChatGPT subs
AI
SSRN has created a hub for papers devoted to AI and GPT-3 topics, including law scholarship.
Employees at both Amazon and JP Morgan have been warned against sharing confidential company information, including code, with ChatGPT.
Prof. Paul Daly, University of Ottawa: "Chat GPT and Legal Research: A Cautionary Tale"
From The Guardian:
"The US government’s new mobile app for migrants to apply for asylum at the US-Mexico border is blocking many Black people from being able to file their claims because of facial recognition bias in the tech, immigration advocates say."
A comic book that was illustrated from images created through Midjourney, an AI text-to-picture generator, had the copyright registration on the images revoked by the Copyright Office.
Blockchain
A foreign policy think tank has released a memo arguing for cryptocurrency regulation from the perspective of national security and issues around cybercrime, trafficking and funding of terrorist activities.
The Wall Street Journal [($)] is predicting further enforcement actions against cryptocurrency products and services, especially from federal and state regulators.
Related: New York state regulators have halted minting a stablecoin promoted by the Biance cryptocurrency exchange and Paxos, and Paxos has severed its relationship with Biance.
Data privacy
Capturing, analyzing and selling customer data to third parties for targeted advertising is generating high profits for grocery chains like Kroger and Albertsons.
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