The Techshow 2024 issue
AI
Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin, handling two copyright lawsuits against OpenAI brought by authors, has dismissed most of the plaintiff's claims against the ChatGPT developer [Bloomberg Law ($) | Hollywood Reporter | The Verge | Order]
Eugene Volokh counts 14 known cases of AI-hallucinated citations being used in court filings - the latest one involves a self-represented litigant
The FCC has officially banned robocalls that use AI-generated voice-cloning.
How AI is affecting political campaigning in India
From the WSJ [$]: the proliferation of AI tools is making the creation of deepfakes easier, more sophisticated, leading to more election worries this year
The North Carolina State Bar has a proposed formal ethics opinion on the use of AI by attorneys
From CyberScoop: "Microsoft and OpenAI say hackers from China, Iran, North Korea and Russia are exploring the use of large language models in their operations"
From Wired [$]: "AI Chatbot Girlfriends Are a Privacy Nightmare"
A man wrongly arrested for robbing a Sunglass Hut, partially on the basis of an erroneous hit by a facial recognition program run by Macy's department store, is suing both stores after getting beaten and sexually assaulted in jail
Blockchain/Digital Currency
From CNBC: "The value of all the bitcoin in circulation, or market capitalization, on Wednesday rose above $1 trillion for the first time since late 2021"
Data Privacy
"Digital twins" exist at the intersection of the metaverse and data protection, and may end up posing serious legal challenges
The House of Representatives have again delayed in voting on a bill to renew Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
The Federal Trade Commission announced that it would crack down on companies that "quietly" change their privacy policies to amass or sell user data to be used for AI training
Miscellaneous
The Supreme Court of South Carolina has approved a proposed Housing Advocates Program, to be run by the NAACP and will "train volunteers volunteers who are not lawyers to give limited legal advice to tenants facing eviction," with the holding that the program does not violate prohibitions against the unlicensed practice of law [Reuters | Order]
Waymo is recalling all of the software for its driverless cars after 2 of its vehicles hit the same truck
Long Reads
Engel, Christoph and McAdams, Richard H., Asking GPT for the Ordinary Meaning of Statutory Terms (February 6, 2024). MPI Collective Goods Discussion Paper, No. 2024/5, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4718347 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4718347