Michael Karlik A Colorado lawyer has received a suspension for using artificial intelligence to generate fake case citations in a legal brief and then lying about it. […] In the agreed-upon narrative by Crabill and attorney regulators filed with the office of the presiding disciplinary judge, Crabill’s firm took on a client in April who…
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Can an AI chatbot be convicted of an illegal wiretap? A case against Gap’s Old Navy may answer that
NBC reports: Can an AI be convicted of illegal wiretapping? That’s a question currently playing out in court for Gap’s Old Navy brand, which is facing a lawsuit alleging that its chatbot participates in illegal wiretapping by logging, recording and storing conversations. The suit, filed in the Central District of California, alleges that the chatbot “convincingly…
Italy’s privacy regulator looks into online data gathering to train AI
Reuters reports: Italy’s data protection authority has kicked-off a fact-finding investigation into the practice of gathering large amounts of personal data online for use in training artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms, the regulator said on Wednesday. The watchdog is one of the most proactive of the 31 national data protection authorities in assessing AI platform compliance…
Italian Garante Issues Guidance on the Use of AI in the Context of National Healthcare Services
Kristof Van Quathem, Laura Somaini, and Max Jermanof Covington and Burling write: On October 12, 2023 the Italian Data Protection Authority (“Garante”) published guidance on the use of AI in healthcare services (“Guidance”). The document builds on principles enshrined in the GPDR, national and EU case-law. Although the Guidance focuses on Italian national healthcare services, it offers…
The White House AI Executive Order: reshaping AI use in the health sector
Marcy Wilder and colleagues at Hogan Lovells write: President Biden’s groundbreaking Executive Order on artificial intelligence carries significant implications for the health and life science industry. The Order tasks federal agencies, including those responsible for health industry oversight, with developing responsible AI guidelines and meaningful measures to regulate and assess its use. Although the Order…
Greek data watchdog to rule on AI systems in refugee camps
Lydia Emmanouilidou reports: Greece’s data protection watchdog is set to issue a long-awaited decision on the legality of controversial high-tech surveillance and security systems deployed in the country’s refugee camps. The Greek Data Protection Authority’s (DPA) decision, expected by the end of the year, concerns in part a new multimillion-euro Artificial Intelligence Behavioural Analytics security system, which…