AI

  • Law Schools Boost AI Offerings As Industry Booms

    A growing number of law schools are adding courses and degree programs in artificial intelligence to meet employer demand and capitalize on the flourishing AI industry. More than half of law schools now offer classes on AI, according to a recent American Bar Association survey, with the number of these courses accelerating since ChatGPT’s debut…

  • 5th Circuit Scraps Plans To Adopt AI Rule After Lawyers Object

    A federal appeals court in New Orleans decided on Monday not to adopt a first-of-its-kind rule at the appellate level regulating the use of generative artificial intelligence by lawyers. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals announced this decision after considering the use of AI in legal practice and receiving mostly negative public comments from…

  • On Thursday, Google (GOOGL.O) persuaded a federal judge in San Francisco to dismiss a proposed class action over its alleged misuse of personal and copyrighted data to train artificial-intelligence systems, including its chatbot Bard. U.S. District Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin dismissed the case, citing concerns raised by another California judge in a related lawsuit against OpenAI…

  • Justice Department And Stanford University to Cohost Workshop ‘Promoting Competition In Artificial Intelligence’

    The Justice Department and Stanford University will hold a public workshop on May 30 to discuss the state of competition across the Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology industry from the chip to the app. “The Antitrust Division is excited to partner with Stanford University on this workshop to learn from stakeholders at various levels of the…

  • Google Sued By Artists Over AI Image Generator

    A group of visual artists has filed a new copyright lawsuit against Google in California federal court, alleging that Alphabet’s new tab unit used their work without permission to train Imagen, its artificial-intelligence powered image generator. Photographer Jingna Zhang and cartoonists Sarah Andersen, Hope Larson, and Jessica Fink asserted in the proposed class-action filed on…

  • Federal Agencies Unite with Justice Department to Ensure Civil Rights Compliance in AI

    In a concerted effort to safeguard individual rights amidst the expanding use of artificial intelligence (AI), five additional federal agencies have pledged to uphold principles of fairness and equality alongside the Justice Department. The Justice Department revealed on April 4, 2024, that an extended coalition of cabinet-level federal agencies has committed to preserving fundamental civil…

  • Justice Department, SEC Officials Issue Harsh Warnings Concerning The Misuse Of AI

    In recent public addresses, officials from both the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission issued stern warnings against the misuse of AI for fraudulent purposes.