Lawyer Ex Machina #42: May the 4th Be With You
AI
Lexis has just announced it will be releasing generative AI tools to be part of Lexis+, with conversational search, summarizationa and drafting features.
Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan has an op-ed in the New York Times ($) on regulating AI.
Italy lifted its ban on ChatGPT after OpenAI added several features, including a form to opt out of data retention and requiring users' birthdates to weed out those under 13.
The law firm of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner has put together a 50-state snapshot/interactive map showing enacted and proposed legislation to regulate artificial intelligence.
Not burying the lede: "The Markup found [Wisconsin's] decade-old dropout prediction algorithms don’t work and may be negatively influencing how educators perceive students of color"
OpenAI, developer of ChatGPT & GPT4, is hiring an associate general counsel for litigation.
From Ars Technica: "The judge overseeing a wrongful death lawsuit involving Tesla's Autopilot system rejected Tesla's claim that videos of CEO Elon Musk's public statements might be deepfakes."
Blockchain
What happens to your crypto when you die?
Data Privacy
Last week, the Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee held a hearing on “Addressing America's Data Privacy Shortfalls: How a National Standard Fills Gaps to Protect Americans' Personal Information”.
Related: an infographic from the Electronic Privacy Information Clearinghouse (EPIC) - how many gaps there are in current federal information privacy laws.
How data brokers collect, infer, and sell personal data to other third parties.
Miscellaneous
The EU's virtual worlds panel has ended - what are some of the takeaways?
Last month, the Colorado Supreme Court approved a plan to allow "Licensed Legal Professionals (LLPs)" to practice in in limited areas of family law, including "divorce, custody, and protection orders."
Administrivia