British Prime Minister Keir Starmer wants to turn the U.K. into an artificial intelligence (AI) superpower to help grow the British economy by using policies that he describes as “pro-innovation.” One of these policies...more
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...more
After several months of delays, the U.S. Copyright Office has published part two of its three-part report on the copyright issues raised by artificial intelligence (AI). This part, entitled “Copyrightability,” focuses on...more
Last week, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin announced new guidance that the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD) applies to algorithmic discrimination, i.e., when automated systems treat people differently...more
In August 2024, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and eight states filed a civil antitrust lawsuit against RealPage Inc., alleging that its software was used to unlawfully decrease competition among landlords and maximize...more
1/17/2025
/ Antitrust Division ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Competition ,
Consent Decrees ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Landlords ,
Personal Data ,
Personal Information ,
Real Estate Market ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Software ,
Unfair Competition
TikTok users are seeking alternate platforms to share and view content as the U.S. is set to ban the popular social media app on January 19, 2025. Instead of turning to U.S.-based companies like Facebook or Instagram, users...more
This week, Director Shira Perlmutter indicated that the publication of part two of the U.S. Copyright Office’s three-part report on copyright issues raised by artificial intelligence (AI) would be further delayed. In her...more
Launched in July 2024, Death Clock is an application that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to predict when its users will die. Death Clock trained its AI model using over 1,200 life expectancy studies. It then uses the...more
Last year, as reported in a memo recently obtained by WIRED, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued internal guidance that its examiners and other employees cannot use generative artificial intelligence...more
Microsoft is developing a way to eliminate hallucinations, or false responses, in artificial intelligence (AI) models. It filed U.S. Patent Application No. 18/140,658, entitled “Interacting with a Language Model using...more
In the early to mid-2000s, Yahoo! worked to develop and refine its search engine capabilities. During this period, Yahoo! obtained U.S. Patent Nos. 8,341,157, 7,698,329, 8,209,317, 9,805,097, and 8,527,623, which are...more
Swiss company Scandit AG created an application called ShelfView, which enables retailers to verify the prices of various products and ensure that associated promotions are correctly updated. The application utilizes barcode...more
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued guidance on the use of AI-based tools to prepare and prosecute patent and trademark applications. This announcement supplements the previous guidance issued in February....more
4/26/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Compliance ,
Good Faith ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inventions ,
Patent Applications ,
Patents ,
Risk Management ,
Trademark Application ,
Trademarks ,
USPTO
CYBERSECURITY -
HC3 Warns Healthcare Organizations about Akira Ransomware Group -
The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) recently warned the health care sector about the Akira ransomware group that...more
2/21/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Personal Data ,
Ransomware ,
Scams ,
USPTO ,
Vulnerability Assessments
After several high-profile instances of artificial intelligence (AI) hallucination and Chief Justice John Roberts’s year-end report acknowledging the shortcomings of blindly relying on AI in legal writing, Kathi Vidal, the...more
After previously finding that the Biden White House and the FBI likely violated First Amendment free speech protections for some users of online social media platforms, the Fifth Circuit expanded its ruling to find that the...more
10/27/2023
/ Biden Administration ,
Certiorari ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Content Strategy ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
False Statements ,
FBI ,
First Amendment ,
Homeland Security Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ,
Internet ,
Misleading Statements ,
SCOTUS ,
Social Media
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CISA Launches Cybersecurity -
Public Awareness Campaign To kick off the twentieth annual Cybersecurity Awareness Month, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has announced that CISA and...more
10/16/2023
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Drones ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Homeland Security Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ,
Popular ,
Vulnerability Assessments
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CISA Launches Cybersecurity Public Awareness Campaign -
To kick off the twentieth annual Cybersecurity Awareness Month, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has announced that CISA...more