The Day ChatGPT lost its mind
AI
Ars Technica has linked to some great examples of ChatGPT spouting word salad earlier this week (ed. note: My fave is how it starts going off the rails while answering if a dog should be fed breakfast cereal)
Air Canada is on the hook for a partial refund promised to a passenger by the customer service agent he chatted with on the airline's website, which was an AI chatbot that was in error about airline policy
A group of law professors have put together LunchGPT - a series of lunchtime webinars for law students to learn about LLM technologies and applications
The House of Representatives has formed a bipartisan task force on AI
From Reuters: "A group of 20 tech companies announced on Friday they have agreed to work together to prevent deceptive artificial-intelligence content from interfering with elections across the globe this year"
Last week, two lawmakers in the House of Representatives have re-introduced a bill called the Justice in Forensic Algorithms Act, that would allow criminal defendants to inspect the source code of algorithmic programs used to analyze evidence in criminal proceedings [Congress.gov | Rep. Takano's press release| Verge article]
The National Center on State Courts is tracking the effect of AI on courts and state governments, and has formed a Rapid Response Team on AI
The USPTO has issued guidance on AI-assisted inventions - while "only a natural person can be an inventor," AI-assisted inventions can be patented as long as there is significant human contribution [Federal Register | USPTO AI Resource Page | Fish & Richardson blog post]
Does the FDA have the manpower, resources, or even the authority to regulate AI deployment in health care?
Data Privacy
Twice in less than 6 months, Wyze systems allowed strangers to see video feeds from customer cameras
From Ars Technica: "Walmart buying TV-brand Vizio for its ad-fueling customer data"
Miscellaneous
The European Commission has initiated a wide-ranging probe focused on TikTok and whether it has violated the Digital Services Act
Long Reads
Lee, Katherine and Cooper, A. Feder and Grimmelmann, James, Talkin’ ‘Bout AI Generation: Copyright and the Generative-AI Supply Chain (July 27, 2023). Forthcoming, Journal of the Copyright Society 2024, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4523551 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4523551