Can I Be Protected Against Myself? Artificial Intelligence and Voice Replication By Jarrid Outlaw With recent advancements in artificial intelligence (“AI”), voice replication has become a simple process that anyone can access and utilize.  Having one’s voice replicated to say anything an AI user wants is scary and can have extremely sinister effects, something that citizens should be protected from.  While everyday citizens are less likely to fall victim to abuse, the fact that such technology, fraught with the potential for violations exists, makes it so legal implications are bou ..read more

Technological Innovation and the Evolution of Fourth Amendment Jurisprudence By Sydney Coker Throughout the course of modern history, the Supreme Court and its interpretation of the Fourth Amendment have undergone continual scrutiny as the Justices continue to reinterpret the meaning of the Fourth Amendment in the context of technological advancement. The cases of Olmstead and Katz demonstrate the Court’s shift to a metaphysical understanding of search and seizure in the light of technological advancement and its introduction of the right to privacy. The Olmstead case marks the Supreme Court ..read more

Pluto: Exploring Robotics Law Through the Lens of Science Fiction By Savannah Thorneberry Robota is a Czech word meaning ‘forced labor,’ from this word, the common term ‘robot’ was born.[1] The term ‘robot’ owes its origins to Czech playwright Karel Capek who, in 1920, created the hit science fiction play Rossum’s Universal Robots.[2] The play depicts robots who are identical to humans in all aspects, minus a soul; without a soul, they lacked the ability to feel and have emotions the way humans do.[3] In media, robots are often portrayed as companions to humans.[4] While robots are not human ..read more

Whose DNA is It Anyway? Legal Challenges that Arise from the Use of Genetic Genealogy in Criminal Investigations By Kim Lo Since 2018, law enforcement’s use of genetic genealogy to identify and apprehend suspects has been growing. [2], especially in high profile cases like the Golden State Killer case and the recent University of Idaho student murders, it is not without its critics. Jennifer Lynch, the general counsel of the non-profit civil liberties group Electronic Frontier Foundation, is one of these critics.  In a recent interview with CNN , she cautions that “[genetic genealogy] is ..read more

Navigating Big Tech in Today’s Age of Antitrust Enforcement By: Allen Masi In the last year, the United States government has brought antitrust cases against multiple large technology companies.[1] Google, Meta, Apple, and Microsoft have all been under the lens of the federal government.[2] Experts have predicted that 2024 could be a very active year for antitrust enforcers.[3] It is clear that the U.S. government has been paying particular attention to these big technology companies recently. What does this mean for these technology companies and how could possible future action have an impa ..read more

The Antitrust Concerns Within the Apple Ecosystem By Kaitlin Carroll The US Department of Justice, along with 16 states, has recently filed a lawsuit against Apple for violating antitrust laws. Previous antitrust cases against Apple have pointed fingers at the high commission Apple receives on in-app purchases, restrictions on other developers’ music streaming apps, and attempts to fix prices on e-books.[1] Instead of pointing to one practice in particular, this lawsuit focuses more on the overall integration of Apple’s software and services across devices, and its refusal to allow the same s ..read more

Paper v. Paperless By: Ashlyn Hilburn The development of the internet has affected nearly every aspect of life. In the medical field, evolving technology not only led to an explosion of revolutionary treatments, but it also resulted in a change to how all medical records are kept. Electronic health records have received pushback from not only practitioners, but legal scholars as well. Electronic health records include a patient’s medical history, notes, and other information about the patient’s health including their symptoms, diagnoses, medications, lab results, reports from any diagnostic t ..read more

Warning! The First Amendment Gives us a Right to Cause Addiction in Teens By Garrett Handegan On May 25, 2019, the World Health Organization (“WHO”) officially voted to include video game addiction, otherwise known as “gaming disorder,” as a behavioral addiction.[1] While the American Psychiatric Association says that the issue of video games being addictive is still being debated, they admit that early evidence shows not only are they addictive, but that they are potentially one of the most addicting technologies around.[2] Not only are they addictive, they are intentionally designed to be s ..read more

Beyond Name, Image, Likeness: Voice Protection By Jack Sherwood Artificial Intelligence has been used in the music industry for decades. As early as 2004, AI audio modulation was introduced by Yamaha to synthesize melodic vocals.[1] Even in the 2010s, AI was used to enhance the audio of voice actors who no longer had the same vocal delivery, such as the likes of James Earl Jones.[2] 20 years later, AI has evolved from simply integrating and enhancing vocal audio to composing and producing an entire Drake song from a 250-word instruction text, one that Drake himself never touched.[3] While Dra ..read more

AI Attorneys – Why Bother Going to Law School? By: L. Michelle Ugalde   With the rapid advancement and integration of Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) across all career fields, the fear of virtual replacement is becoming all the more omnipresent. But is this fear justified? For attorneys, the consensus is split. While all recognize that AI is undoubtedly entering the legal field, the divide is between those who are embracing this new incorporation, and those who reject it. It seems that as time progresses, the feelings of the latter are becoming stronger. The fear of AI replacement has beg ..read more