Deepfake Crackdowns Threaten Free Speech
From criminal penalties to bounty hunters, state laws targeting election-related synthetic media raise serious First Amendment concerns.
AI in Court
Could LLM AI Technology Be Leveraged in Corpus Linguistic Analysis?
As technology develops, we anticipate the use of LLM AI tools to augment corpus linguistic analysis of ordinary meaning—without outsourcing the ultimate task of legal interpretation.
Corpus Linguistics v. LLM AIs
The selling points of LLM AIs are insufficient; corpus tools hold the advantage.
N.Y. Court Opines on Use of AI by Experts
"[C]ounsel has an affirmative duty to disclose the use of artificial intelligence and the evidence sought to be admitted should properly be subject to a Frye hearing prior to its admission ...."
LLM AIs as Tools for Empirical Textualism?: Manipulation, Inconsistency, and Related Problems
LLM AIs are too susceptible to manipulation—and too prone to inconsistency—to be viewed as reliable means of producing empirical evidence of ordinary meaning.
Corpus Linguistics, LLM AIs, and the Future of Ordinary Meaning
Our draft article shows that corpus linguistics delivers where LLM AI tools fall short—in producing nuanced linguistic data instead of bare, artificial conclusions.
Corpus Linguistics, LLM AIs, and the Assessment of Ordinary Meaning
As we show in a draft article, corpus linguistic tools have been shown to do what LLM AIs cannot—produce transparent, replicable evidence of how a word or phrase is ordinarily used by the public.
Minnesota 'Acting as a Ministry of Truth' With Anti-Deep Fake Law, Says Lawsuit
The broad ban on AI-generated political content is clearly an affront to the First Amendment.
Fugees Rapper Pras Michel Not Entitled to New Trial Based on Lawyer's Use of AI to Help Craft Closing Argument
Among other things, "Michel does not explain how ... the [AI-generated] mistaken attribution of a Puff Daddy song in the closing argument" sufficiently undermined his case.
Seemingly Hallucinated Cases, in Michael Cohen Post-Conviction Motion
It's the twelfth case I've seen this year in which something like this apparently happened.
5th Circuit Seeks Comment on Proposed AI Rule
Lawyers will have to certify they did not use AI, or verify any work produced by AI.
"This Case Pits Real Lawyers Against a Robot Lawyer"
"Spoiler: the robot wins for lack of Article III standing."
90-Day Suspension of Colorado Lawyer Who Filed ChatGPT-Written Motion with Hallucinated Cases
Looks like the main problem wasn't the blind reliance, but the coverup.
Six Federal Cases of Self-Represented Litigants Citing Fake Cases in Briefs, Likely Because They Used AI Programs
These are likely just the tip of the fakeberg.
Did Chuck Schumer Just Come Out Against Top-Down AI Licensing?
"Duty of care has worked in other areas," the senator said, "and it seems to fit decently well here in the AI model."
Fugees Rapper Pras Michel Claims His Defense Lawyer Ineffectively Used AI Program That Led to Botching Closing Argument
"Kenner used an experimental AI program to write his closing argument, which made frivolous arguments, conflated the schemes, and failed to highlight key weaknesses in the Government's case."
Lawyer Explains How He Used ChatGPT to Produce Filing "Replete with Citations to Non-Existent Cases"
"Can you show me the courts opinion in Varghese v China Southern Airlines"? "Certainly! ... I hope that helps!"
Federal Judge Requires All Lawyers to File Certificates Related to Use of Generative AI
The certificates must "attest[] either that no portion of the filing was drafted by generative artificial intelligence (such as ChatGPT, Harvey.AI, or Google Bard) or that any language drafted by generative artificial intelligence was checked for accuracy, using print reporters or traditional legal databases, by a human being."
