Who turned up the heat?
A little newsletter about legaltech
AI
Rapper Pres Michel, formerly of the Fugees, failed in his motion for a new trial, based on the argument that his former attorney relied too much on GenAI to draft the closign argument among other mistakes.
From Wired: “With generative AI affecting politics worldwide, researchers face a ‘detection gap,’ as the biases built into systems mean tools for identifying fake content often work poorly or not at all in the Global South”
A judge has found that thousands of Tennesseans were illegally denied healthcare benefits due to errors in the algorithmic system Tennessee used to determine eligibility [GizModo article | Order | Docket]
Will AI kill the billable hour? Some say no … [Business Insider ($) | AOL]
Spotify appears to be inundated with “fake bands” augmented by GenAI
Data Privacy
Police in the Bay Area have taken to getting warrants for owners of Teslas that are parked near crime scenes in hopes of getting video from the cars’ out-facing cameras that might be used as evidence
From Ars Technica: “A judge in Ohio has issued a temporary restraining order against a security researcher who presented evidence that a recent ransomware attack on the city of Columbus scooped up reams of sensitive personal information, contradicting claims made by city officials”
Long Reads
Steenhuis, Quinten, AI and Tools for Expanding Access to Justice (June 30, 2024). The Cambridge Handbook of AI in Civil Dispute Resolution (forthcoming, Cambridge University Press), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4876633 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4876633