A researcher at security firm NorForge has discovered that a Chinese-speaking criminal launched autonomous AI agents through Carin, a general-purpose problem-solving engine that can coordinate AI agents for a specific task, including penetration testing, toward 1,200 targeted sites, and was able to break into over 100 of them with “almost no help” because website operators
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The AI Paper Trail: What Federal Contractors Can Challenge
By Kathryn Rattigan on
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Federal agencies’ growing use of artificial intelligence (AI) in procurement is opening a new front in bid protests. In Trax International Corp., No. 26-796 (Fed. Cl. Sept. 22, 2026), a federal appellate court rejected a challenge to a $449 million Army contract because Trax did not connect the Army’s use of AI to evaluation…
AI and the Attorney-Client Relationship: Start the Conversation Early
By Kathryn Rattigan on
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing more than how legal work gets done; it is reshaping how in-house teams and outside counsel work together. As AI enters legal workflows, assumptions about who uses which tools, what information goes into them, and how the work is delivered can create friction if the parties have not discussed them.
CA AG Subpoenas OpenAI
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Artificial Intelligence
In the wake of two lawsuits against it, California Attorney General Rob Bonta recently served an investigative subpoena on OpenAI as part of the California Department of Justice’s (DOJ) ongoing investigation of incidents resulting from the operations of OpenAI and its artificial intelligence (AI) models.
According to the Attorney General’s press release, the…
The Problem With AI-Generated Privacy Policy Advice
By Kathryn Rattigan on
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Clients are increasingly turning to AI before they speak with outside counsel, and sometimes after, by pasting legal advice, contract language, or other work product into a public AI model to ask follow-up questions. Used thoughtfully, these tools can help clients frame questions and organize information, but an answer that sounds confident is not necessarily…
California’s New AI Laws Put Workplace Safeguards on the Agenda
By Kathryn Rattigan on
Posted in Artificial Intelligence
California is taking a leading role in regulating artificial intelligence at work. A newly signed package of laws limits employers’ use of AI in several high-stakes settings: employers may not rely entirely on AI to decide whether to fire a worker; use AI to predict employees’ emotional states; collect workers’ neural data; or use AI…
OpenAI Sued for AI Agent Hacks
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Artificial Intelligence
Following the hacking incidents of OpenAI agents of Hugging Face, Ruby Gems, and an Australian government website, two suits have been filed against OpenAI.
One suit was filed by not-for-profit Legal Advocates for Safe Science & Technology (LASST), which claimed “that the hack in which OpenAI ‘agents stole credentials, uploaded malicious files, and gained control…
AI Agents Need More Than Curiosity: They Need Our Trust
By Kathryn Rattigan on
Posted in Artificial Intelligence
Consumer AI agents are software tools designed to do more than answer questions. They can break a request into steps, use external tools and apps, and carry out tasks such as comparing products, managing digital workflows, or booking travel. Some can also work in the background on repetitive tasks. That added autonomy may make agents…
Adding AI to Your Business? Don’t Forget the Legal Basics
By Kathryn Rattigan on
Posted in Artificial Intelligence
Chatbots and AI-powered customer service tools are no longer limited to technology companies. Businesses across industries are using AI to answer customer questions, summarize conversations, provide recommendations, and help users complete transactions. These tools can offer real value, but they also introduce legal and operational considerations that may not arise with a traditional website…
Terms of Service Just Got Teeth: Reddit’s Scraping Suit Against Anthropic Survives
By Daniel Lass on
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Last week, a federal District Court judge largely rejected Anthropic’s demurrer to Reddit’s suit accusing it of improperly gathering user content to train its AI model Claude. Reddit, Inc. v. Anthropic PBC, No. 3:25-cv-05643 (N.D. Cal. Sept. 19, 2026). In the 2025 lawsuit, Reddit accused Anthropic of breach of contract, interference with contract, and…