Lawyer Ex Machina #4:
A semi-popular Twitter thread:
Microsoft Excel is used by 99.99% of the world’s businesses, and
— Clint Murphy (@IAmClintMurphy) July 9, 2022
most people still don’t know how to use it.
Here are 10 basics everyone should know:
The Fastcase 50 for 2022 has been announced, "[h]onoring the law’s smartest, most courageous innovators, techies, visionaries, & leaders. Lawyer or nonlawyer, techie or nontechie, anyone is eligible."
Who is responsible for implementing ethics into AI programs, such as facial recognition programs and deepfake generators? Computer vision researchers are pushing back against the notion that it's something they should be responsible for, saying that predicting negative impacts of their work is "not their job." [Protocol]
The Uber Files
What are they? [The Guardian]
Who and what is in them? [The Guardian | Protocol | International Consortium of Investigative Journalists ]
Who leaked them and why? [The Guardian | The Verge]
"The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has upgraded an investigation into Tesla's Autopilot system in a move that could lead to a recall." [Ars Technica]
Tensions that have been brewing between some of the rank-and-file and the leadership of the anti-trust section of the American Bar Association came to a head when the section's leadership council sent a letter to Congress in April seen as critiquing anti-trust legislation aimed at regulating Big Tech. [Politico]
Have thoughts about crypto? (Honestly, who doesn't?) The Treasury Department is soliciting public comments about digital assets in light of the Biden Administration's related executive order - the deadline for submitting comments is August 8th. [Federal Register]
The Federal Trade Commission is promising to crack down on misuses of location and health data collected by private companies. However, even organizations that are actively working to protect the privacy of users seeking reproductive services can end up collecting and sharing data with 3rd parties.