At a London party in 1883, Oscar Wilde, arguably one of the greatest literary geniuses of all time, begrudgingly remarked on painter James McNeill Whistler's witticism with "I wish I had said that." Whistler reportedly quipped "You will Oscar, you will." American playwright William Inge famously claimed, "Originality is undetected plagiarism." So, what's with all the quotes you ask? This age-old quest for ingenuity is increasingly coming to the fore with the whirlwind rise of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI), such as the November 2022 launch of ChatGPT, which has already raised a p ..read more

The term "generative AI" may be a bit of a misnomer. AI platforms like ChatGPT may seem like they produce answers to queries using humanlike intelligence and creativity, but the reality is that their intelligence is an illusion created by complex systems working off of broad and deep datasets. Generative AI doesn't create so much as parse, pick, and cobble together relevant ideas from billions of different data points in a form and format that resembles human writing. The data sets used for training AI aren't just made up of random bits and bytes. They're comprised of an inconceivab ..read more

The rise of artificial intelligence and sophisticated language models like ChatGPT has created nearly as many headaches as opportunities. Educators from middle school to postgrad have suddenly been forced to contend with a sea of AI-generated work, much of it nearly indistinguishable from the genuine article. Writers of every persuasion have been confronted with the possibility that their already tenuous income streams may dry up overnight. Even musicians are worried about what the future holds with AI artists in the mix, with questions swirling around AI-pro ..read more

As of late, generative AI systems have become the hottest musical artists, as they've raised legal questions related to copyright law. In April, such a system authored a song titled "Heart on My Sleeve," which featured voices exactly like those of Drake and The Weeknd. On multiple streaming platforms, the track received millions of listens, while confusing fans with its verisimilitude to recognizable voices. In response to the widespread digital consumption of the track, Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, and TikTok pulled the song from circulation. Ghostwritten Songs Attributed to a social media ..read more

Deepfakes use "deep learning," a complex type of machine learning, to create fake images, videos, and audio. If you haven't seen the eerie deepfake video that morphs Bill Hader's face as he imitates Tom Cruise and Seth Rogen, check it out. Many who create deepfakes just do it for fun, but manipulated videos and audio have made their way into litigation. So how do we keep fakes from being admitted as evidence? Below are a few things to watch for when reviewing audio and video evidence that seems too good (or bad) to be true. Inconsistent Lighting Pay close attention to lighting and s ..read more

Many of us have endured mixed reactions when we inform someone that we're an attorney. Sometimes it's apprehension, other times, it opens a Pandora's box of information we did not want about an acquaintance. But how many of us have been asked to leave a public arts venue because of where we work? That's what Kelly Conlon says happened when she tried to bring her daughter to see a Rockettes performance at Radio City Music Hall this past holiday season. 'They Knew My Name Before I Told Them' Conlon is a senior associate at Davis, Saperstein & Salomon, a personal injury firm in New Jersey. As ..read more

A Google engineer's claims of a sentient chatbot have us wondering: What would happen in criminal law if the 'bots start to think for themselves ..read more

Musk settled with the SEC in 2018 after a tweet landed him and his company in hot water, but now he says the agency failed to uphold its end of the deal ..read more

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed suit in Texas district court seeking billions in damages for violating state biometric privacy laws ..read more

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against Facebook in Texas district court seeking billions in damages for violating state biometric privacy laws ..read more