The rise of large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT has created novel legal implications surrounding the development and use of such artificial intelligence (AI) systems. One of the most closely watched AI cases currently is New York Times Co. v. Microsoft Corp., No. 1:23-cv-11195 (S.D.N.Y. filed Dec. 27, 2023), in which the New York
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AI Powered Bot Targeted 400,000 Websites
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Artificial Intelligence
SentinelOne researchers have discovered AkiraBot, which is used to target small- to medium-sized company websites with generative AI, and drafted outreach messages for website chats, comments, and contact forms. SentinelOne estimates that over 400,000 websites have been targeted, and the bot has successfully spammed “at least 80,000 websites since September 2024.”
The bot generated…
Thomson Reuters Wins Copyright Case Against Former AI Competitor
By Daniel Lass on
Posted in Artificial Intelligence
Thomson Reuters scored a major victory in one of the first cases dealing with the legality of using copyrighted data to train artificial intelligence (AI) models. In 2020, Thomson Reuters sued the now-defunct AI start-up Ross Intelligence for alleged improper use of Thomson Reuters materials, including case headnotes in its Westlaw search engine, to train…
Watchdog Files GDPR Privacy Complaint Over ChatGPT’s Hallucinations
By Robinson+Cole's Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Team on
Posted in Artificial Intelligence
The privacy advocacy group noyb, founded by privacy activist Max Schrems, has raised concerns over how ChatGPT handles questions about real-life individuals. The group alleges that ChatGPT has been generating inaccurate personal data, such as incorrect birth dates, which they claim is a violation of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). GDPR mandates…
Italian Data Protection Authority Alleges Breaches of GDPR by ChatGPT Platform
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Artificial Intelligence
On January 29, 2024, the Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) notified OpenAI of breaches of data protection laws involving its ChatGPT platform.
In March 2022, Garante temporarily banned OpenAI from processing data. Following its investigation, Garante “concluded that the available evidence pointed to the existence of breaches of the provisions contained in the EU GDPR.”…
Using AI to Replicate or Replace Human Creativity May Violate Intellectual Property Law
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Posted in Artificial Intelligence
This week we are pleased to have a guest post by Robinson+Cole Artificial Intelligence Team patent agent Daniel J. Lass.
As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes better and more prevalent, people will increasingly use its computing power to supplement or replace human creativity. Film director Gareth Edwards attempted to do just that in his new…
AI Firms Sign Voluntary Commitments to Oversee Use of AI Technology
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Artificial Intelligence
Amid growing concern of the use of AI tools, Congressional questioning and hearings, and the lack of regulation around its use, at least seven technology firms have signed on to follow voluntary commitments to oversee how AI technology is used. The commitments include oversight of thorny issues such as AI safety, privacy, cybersecurity, and public…
Update on AI Legal Challenges
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Artificial Intelligence
It’s hard to keep up with all of the legal challenges related to artificial intelligence tools (AI), but here are a couple of noteworthy ones that have surfaced in the past few weeks, in case you haven’t seen them.
Two New York lawyers are facing possible sanctions for using ChatGPT to assist with a brief…
Privacy Tip #363 – Regulating AI
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Artificial Intelligence, Privacy Tips
This week, the CEO of OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT and the Chief Privacy Officer of IBM testified before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law. During that hearing, it is reported that both “called on U.S. senators…to more heavily regulate artificial intelligence technologies that are raising ethical, legal and national…
OpenAI Owner of ChatGPT Suffers Data Breach
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Artificial Intelligence
OpenAI, the developer of ChatGPT, stated that it has suffered a potential data breach in ChatGPT’s source code due to a vulnerability in the software. OpenAI “took ChatGPT offline…due to a bug in an open-source library which allowed some users to see titles from another active user’s chat history…the same bug may have caused…