Lawyer Ex Machina #60
AI
Lexis is expanding generative AI features into Courtlink, with summaries of complaints filed in U.S. district courts, and a Microsoft Word integration for legal drafting
Thomson Reuters has added GenAI features to Westlaw Precision and announced plans to integrate Casetext's CoCounsel into Precision, as well as add GenAI to Practical Law
The EU may be losing momentum in passing the AI Act, as France and Germany push back against regulation of foundation models that form the basis of GenAI products
A class action lawsuit was filed in federal court in Minnesota against UnitedHealth, claiming the insurer used an algorithm to "systematically deny medical claims from patients recuperating from illnesses in nursing homes" [Yahoo! News | Bloomberg Law ($) | STAT News]
Wired [$] is reporting that teens working as contractors for data labeling gigs are being exposed to traumatizing content while training AI models
The Cybersecurity and Instructure Security Agency , part of the Department of Homeland Security, has released a roadmap for AI this week
From DNuyz: "Argentina’s election has quickly become a testing ground for A.I. in campaigns, with the two candidates and their supporters employing the technology to doctor existing images and videos and create others from scratch"
The FCC has launched a formal inquiry into how artificial intelligence may affect robocalls and robotexts
Blockchain/Digital Currency
A flaw in Bitcoin wallets made before 2016 is leading to vulnerabilities [The Hill | WaPo ($)]
The Human Rights Foundation is concerned that the deployment of central bank digital currencies (CBDC) are being used as "tools of surveillance and control" by authoritarian regimes
Data Privacy
Police in Washington, DC have given AirTags and Tiles to car owners to help deal with car thefts
Miscellaneous
From Politico: How commercial drones are changing the nature of modern warfare
The State Bar of Michigan has released an ethics opinion, saying that "[j]udicial officers must maintain competence with advancing technology, including but not limited to artificial intelligence"