On Nov. 6, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released an administrative complaint and accepted a proposed consent order resolving claims against GGL Projects, Inc., an AI-enabled customer review platform
Continue Reading FTC Takes a Jab at AI-Enabled Sitejabber for Deceptive Consumer ReviewsEU Artificial Intelligence Act – Business Implications and Compliance Strategies
On Aug. 1, 2024, the EU Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) entered into force and will gradually take effect over the next 36 months. This marks not only the end…
Continue Reading EU Artificial Intelligence Act – Business Implications and Compliance StrategiesHarnessing Generative AI-Assisted Innovation: Comprehensive IP Protection Through Trade Secrets and Patents
You are counsel for a company which just developed an innovative process incorporating a generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) component. For example, Tech Company may have designed AI-powered personalized health…
Continue Reading Harnessing Generative AI-Assisted Innovation: Comprehensive IP Protection Through Trade Secrets and PatentsNIST Issues AI Risk-Management Guidance
On July 26, the U.S. government’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) issued four guidance documents – three final versions and one draft open to public comment – related…
Continue Reading NIST Issues AI Risk-Management GuidanceEU AI Act’s Opt-Out Trend May Limit Data Use for Training AI Models
There are three primary aspects of generative AI applications that intersect with copyright protection: (1) machine learning with protected works (the input side); (2) the protectability of works…
Continue Reading EU AI Act’s Opt-Out Trend May Limit Data Use for Training AI ModelsKey Takeaways From the Latest USPTO Guidance on AI
On April 11, 2024, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued Guidance on Use of Artificial Intelligence-Based Tools in Practice Before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (April Guidance). The…
Continue Reading Key Takeaways From the Latest USPTO Guidance on AIWashington Court Rejects Novel Use of AI-Enhanced Video in Trial
In what appears to be an issue of first impression, a Washington state superior court judge in State of Washington v. Puloka recently rejected the admission of video exhibits…
Continue Reading Washington Court Rejects Novel Use of AI-Enhanced Video in TrialTexas House Speaker Creates Select Committee on AI and Emerging Technologies
Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives Dade Phelan recently announced the creation of the House Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies. Rep. Giovanni Capriglione, who has led…
Continue Reading Texas House Speaker Creates Select Committee on AI and Emerging TechnologiesCourt Rejects Use of ChatGPT-4 as a ‘Cross-Check’ in Plaintiff Attorneys’ Fees and Costs Petition
Given ChatGPT’s now-infamous capacity to generate its own legal opinions, complete with official-looking, but entirely confabulated, citations and quotations, it is not surprising that courts remain skeptical of its use…
Continue Reading Court Rejects Use of ChatGPT-4 as a ‘Cross-Check’ in Plaintiff Attorneys’ Fees and Costs PetitionEU Artificial Intelligence Act – EU Parliament Adopts Groundbreaking Regulatory Framework
On 13 March 2024, the European Parliament adopted the AI Act. Since the EU Commission presented its first draft almost three years ago, the use of AI and general purpose…
Continue Reading EU Artificial Intelligence Act – EU Parliament Adopts Groundbreaking Regulatory Framework