August 16, 2023
A China-based tutoring company has agreed to settle a U.S. government agency’s novel lawsuit claiming it used hiring software powered by artificial intelligence to illegally weed out older job applicants. The 2022 lawsuit against iTutorGroup Inc. was the first by …
August 15, 2023
Generative AI tools such as ChatGPT have been in the headlines since 2022, with many users (including children) using the tools to generate content with little thought as to the data protection risks associated with its use. Last month, we …
August 1, 2023
The lawyers professional liability segment hasn’t been immune to increasing claims frequency and severity as growing economic challenges and an ever-evolving legal landscape heighten the exposures faced by law firms. Despite a slight reprieve during 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic …
July 26, 2023
Attorney involvement is one of the most critical determinants of ultimate claim costs. Significant costs include time from correspondence iterations, depositions, defense attorney costs, etc. These are present in determining whether the plaintiff’s attorney can negotiate a higher-than-usual settlement. Before …
July 24, 2023
WASHINGTON (AP) __ President Joe Biden said Friday that new commitments by Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft and other companies that are leading the development of artificial intelligence technology to meet a set of AI safeguards brokered by his White House …
June 16, 2023
An ambiguous coverage exclusion prevents a liability insurer from dodging the cost of defending a data broker that was sued after selling the Chicago Police Department access to a facial recognition database that reportedly contained 3 billion images extracted from …
June 12, 2023
Two apologetic lawyers responding to an angry judge in Manhattan federal court blamed ChatGPT last Thursday for tricking them into including fictitious legal research in a court filing. Attorneys Steven A. Schwartz and Peter LoDuca are facing possible punishment over …
May 26, 2023
Delaware’s low elevation mixed with crowded beaches and limited exit routes make the state particularly vulnerable to massive flooding, but officials hope an influx of federal infrastructure money will trigger future evacuation plans automatically via artificial intelligence. The Biden administration …
May 11, 2023
No sooner did ChatGPT get unleashed than hackers started “jailbreaking” the artificial intelligence chatbot – trying to override its safeguards so it could blurt out something unhinged or obscene. But now its maker, OpenAI, and other major AI providers such …
May 9, 2023
WASHINGTON (AP) – Most Democrats and Republicans agree that the federal government should better regulate the biggest technology companies, particularly social media platforms. But there is very little consensus on how it should be done. Should TikTok be banned? Should …