Lawyer Ex Machina #56: Not a Deepfake
AI
A Southern California law firm that specializes in residential and commercial evictions has been sanctioned for including fictitious legal citations in a filing - observers suspect AI chatbot misuse
SEC Chair Gary Gensler stated in an interview that he believes unregulated AI models could lead to a "financial crisis" in a few years
Like Microsoft & Adobe, Google is offering to indemnify users of its GenAI products if they are sued for copyright infringement [Legal Dive | Google Blog]
vLex & Fastcase have unveiled a new beta of its AI research assistant, Vincent, with new generative AI functions on the platform that currently works with legal materials from United Kingdom, the United States, Ireland, and Spain, in both English and Spanish,
Ex-Fugees rapper Pras Michel, convicted earlier this year on charges of foreign lobbying, is asking for a new trial, claiming his former attorney relied too much on a genAI product in which the attorney had a financial investment [Law360 ($) | Motion]
"GenAI, when it works, is amazing." - Shilpa Bhandarkar, in an interview with Marc Harvey and Richard Tromans on Artificial Lawyer about how the multinational law firm Linklaters is integrating GenAI
Three music publishers are suing GenAI developer Anthropic for copyright infringement, alleging its product, Claude, was trained on an "innumerable amount" of copyrighted song lyrics [Docket]
The Florida Bar is considering the adoption of a proposed advisory opinion on the use of GenAI by lawyers and law firms
From Rest of the World: "How AI reduces the world to stereotypes"
Deepfakes
The Michigan House of Representatives has introduced a bill to require disclosure of AI-generated material in political ads
Related: The National Conference of State Legislatures is tracking bills dealing with artificial intelligence in various states
AI image detectors are mislabeling photos from the Hamas/Israel conflict as being deepfakes (warning: article contains graphic/explicit images)
From Wired [$]: "Deepfake porn is out of control"
Data Privacy
The Pew Center has a new report on how Americans view data privacy
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed the Delete Act, directing the state's privacy protection agency to create a portal where consumers can request deletions of data held by data brokers
Miscellaneous
From Bloomberg Law [$]: "The Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Monday that evidence gleaned from a warrant for Google’s search data could be used in a murder case, sparking concerns the decision may encourage more police to embrace the controversial technique" [Denver Gazette | Denver7]
New York legislators have introduced a bill to require criminal background checks for the purchase of 3D printers, out of concern regarding the creation of 'ghost guns' by people unable to buy weapons.
Two European data protection offices (EDPS & EDPB) have issued a "joint opinion on the proposal for a Regulation on the establishment of the digital euro" [Press Release | Joint Opinion]