Lawyer Ex Machina #33: the techshow edition
AI
From WaPo ($): algorithms have been used to help companies hire and promote employees; they're now likely to be used to decide who gets laid off. [Archived version]
"Generative AI is coming for lawyers" - a deeper dive into the news about Allen & Overy using a specialized LLM for legal research and drafting.
A forensic sketch program to create police drawings of suspects, based on GenAI art program DALL-E 2, is drawing criticism for potentially exacerbating biases towards non-white suspects.
An advisor on digital ethics on why Chatbot Bing's meltdowns make the case for regulation of AI sooner rather than later. [New York Times ($)]
Casetext has launched Co-Counsel, a new AI legal assistant product in partnership with OpenAI, that relies on GPT technology to review documents, summarize cases, and create drafts. [Video product review]
Summary and draft paper: "Against Predictive Optimization: On the Legitimacy of Decision-Making Algorithms that Optimize Predictive Accuracy"
A couple of examples of ChatGPT used to generate legal docs:
Miscellaneous
A study from UC Berkeley appears to show that anonymity while using virtual reality may be impossible without active steps to protect user privacy.
The EU has launched a citizens panel on the Metaverse that met for the first time last week.
The ABA released a new ethics opinion yesterday to guide lawyers who work across state lines:
"When a lawyer’s conduct is in connection with a matter pending before a tribunal, the lawyer must comply with the ethics rules of the jurisdiction in which the tribunal sits, unless otherwise provided. For all other conduct, including conduct in anticipation of litigation not yet filed and conduct not involving litigation, a lawyer must comply with the ethics rules of the jurisdiction where the lawyer’s conduct occurs or, if different, where the predominant effect of the lawyer’s conduct occurs." [Formal Opinion 504 | Law360 article]