"The Game has been using our data exactly how we expected it was."
A small newsletter on legaltech
[Editor’s note: rather than try to rush through a newsletter on the very short workweek sharing Thanksgiving and Black Friday in the U.S., I’ll be taking the week off. LxM will return the following week.]
AI
South Korea passed a law that bans the possession and watching of deepfake porn, and increased the penalties for creating and possessing such material [Atlanta Journal-Constitution | GZERO]
The Texas State Bar’s Professional Ethics Committee has a draft opinion on what ethical issues are raised by the use of GenAI tools by attorneys; public comment on the proposed opinion is open until January 18, 2025
The Mississippi State Bar also rendered an ethics opinion on the use of GenAI tools for law practice
From TechCrunch: “OpenAI accidentally deleted potential evidence in NY Times copyright lawsuit”
Publishers are working on licensing deals for AI training on books:
Harper Collins has a deal with “a large tech company” to license books for AI training [Bluesky post | AV Club | 404 Media ($)]
MIT Press has queried its authors on whether an opt-in licensing deal would be desired [404 Media ($)]
A private school in Lancaster, PA briefly cancelled classes in the midst of a controversy over a student creating deepfake porn of “nearly 50 female classmates”; both the head of the school and the school board president have resigned and a group of parents have filed a lawsuit against the school [Ars Technica | Lancaster Online]
From a Canadian Bar Association publication: “Law professor gives Lexis+ AI a failing grade”
A church in Switzerland has unveiled an experimental art installation of an AI Jesus that can interact with and give advice to parishioners
Blockchain and Digital Currency
The incoming White House administration is considering a crypto “czar” to handle policy matters [U.S. News | Bloomberg Law]
The BBC ran an investigative report on influencer Logan Paul and whether he “may have profited from misleading fans” on cryptocurrency investments
Data Privacy
“Was pretty plain all along that the players are workers. Not to say the game isn't fun, but game-ified work.” - [from an online friend/player/reader of LxM - thanks, Owen!]
One reaction to the news that Niantic, developer of Pokemon Go, announced it is releasing an AI navigation system that was trained on data collected by Pokemon Go players [Ars Technica | 404 Media ($) | Reddit post]