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A Canadian mother sued OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman in U.S. court on Thursday alleging that ChatGPT encouraged her daughter to commit suicide, the latest lawsuit to accuse the […]
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Not too long ago, clients would walk into an initial consultation with a family law attorney with a few questions, maybe a printout from a legal website or news article […]
Federal judge dismisses xAI trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI in California
A federal judge in California on Feb. 24 dismissed a lawsuit from Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI that accused rival Sam Altman‘s OpenAI of stealing its trade secrets. U.S. […]
Judge weighs sanctions over attorneys’ AI use in Alabama prison case
A federal judge said on May 21 that she is considering sanctions against lawyers with a high-priced firm hired to defend Alabama’s prison system after ChatGPT was used to write […]
SC Supreme Court sets policy on use of AI
Artificial intelligence can be used in South Carolina courts under rather tight guidelines of an interim policy issued Tuesday over Chief Justice John W. Kittredge’s signature. The policy comes “[i]n […]
Generative AI: Use it, but do so with utmost care
By Edward S. Cheng and Mariem Marquetti Generative artificial intelligence in the legal profession has increasingly become the talk of the year. With the introduction of ChatGPT and follow-up AI-assisted […]
Is there a legal forest behind the tech buzzword of trees?
While AI tools such as ChatGPT can generate contracts, summarize court decisions and even draft legal opinions, do these capabilities genuinely enhance the legal process or simply offer a more efficient way to do the same old things without necessarily improving outcomes?
Generative AI reshapes legal profession from top to bottom
Generative artificial intelligence, commonly known as GAI, is transforming the legal profession, enabling efficiency in tasks such as document review, research, and administrative chores.
Copyright owners face tough court fight against AI developers
A barrage of high-profile lawsuits in a New York federal court will test the future of ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence products that wouldn’t be so eloquent had they not […]
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