Congress Proposes National Commission to Create AI Guardrails
The U.S. Congress has introduced a bipartisan bill that would create a National AI Commission (“Commission”). A focus of the Commission will be to ensure that through regulation, the United States is...
View ArticleStates’ Increased Policing of Artificial Intelligence in the Workplace Serves...
Employers’ burgeoning use and reliance upon artificial intelligence has paved the way for an increasing number of states to implement legislation governing its use in employment decisions. Illinois...
View ArticleAt a Glance: Legal Efforts to Limit Discrimination Through AI
The expanded use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the delivery of health care continues to receive increased attention from lawmakers across the country. Although AI regulation is still in its early...
View ArticleWhite House Executive Order Ramps Up US Regulation of and Policy Toward AI
The US just catapulted into being the world leader on regulating AI. Bypassing Congress, the White house issued an Executive Order focusing on safe, secure and trustworthy AI and laying out a national...
View ArticleFCC Launches Inquiry into the Risks of AI on Unwanted Robocalls and Texts
Consistent with the White House’s Executive Order this week laying out a national policy on AI, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) released a draft Notice of Inquiry (“NOI”) that would look...
View ArticleFlash Briefing on White House Executive Order on AI Regulation and Policy
On October 30, 2023, the White House issued an Executive Order focusing on safe, secure and trustworthy AI and laying out a national policy on AI. In stark contrast to the EU, which through the soon to...
View ArticleEquity and Civil Rights Issues in the White House Executive Order on AI
The White House’s Executive Order On The Safe Secure And Trustworthy Development And Use Of Artificial-Intelligence (“EO”) addresses many equity and civil rights issues with AI and mandates certain...
View ArticleRise of the Machines: How AI is Shaking Up the Music Industry
Just like Napster triggered a global, technological shift in the way music is consumed and distributed, we are now on the precipice of another major revolution certain to disrupt the music industry....
View ArticleComputer Love: Beijing Court Finds AI-Generated Image is Copyrightable in...
In a decision issued[1] November 27, 2023, a Chinese court ruled that AI-generated content can enjoy protection under copyright law. The finding, the first of its kind in China, is in direct conflict...
View ArticleAI Enforcement Update: FTC Authorizes Compulsory Process for AI Investigations
On November 21, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“the FTC”) announced its approval of an omnibus resolution authorizing the use of compulsory process for nonpublic investigations concerning products...
View ArticleAI as an Aid – Emerging Uses in Healthcare: A Discussion with Jim Gatto
Recent developments in Artificial Intelligence (AI) have been transforming several sectors, and the healthcare industry is no exception. In the second episode of Sheppard Mullin’s Health-e Law Podcast,...
View ArticleArtificial Intelligence Legal Issues – 2023 Year in Review and Areas to Watch...
The launch of ChatGPT 3.5 in November 2022 set up 2023 as a year for rapid growth and early adoption of this transformative technology. It reached 100 million users within 2 months of launch – setting...
View ArticleBattling the Robocall Onslaught: The FCC’s Strategic Measures Against...
Aiming to curb the use of AI, voice cloning technology in robocall scams, on February 8, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a unanimous declaratory ruling prohibiting unsolicited...
View ArticleAI-Assisted Inventions: Are They Patentable? Who is the Inventor?
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) may change how we invent: many envision a collaborative approach between human inventors and AI systems that develop novel solutions to problems together. Such...
View ArticleAI-Assisted Inventions: Is There a Duty to Disclose the Use of AI?
Inventors and patent practitioners filing patent applications before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) may have an obligation to disclose if artificial intelligence (AI) is used in the...
View ArticleEmerging AI Landscape: FedRAMP Publishes Draft Emerging Technology...
On January 26, 2024, the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (“FedRAMP”) published a draft Emerging Technology Prioritization Framework developed in response to President Biden’s...
View ArticleSEC Cracks Down on Over-Hyped AI Claims – Director Says This is Just the...
The SEC has charged and settled claims with two Investment advisers with making false and misleading statements about their use of artificial intelligence (AI). The SEC found that Delphia (USA) Inc....
View ArticleAI Legal Updates
The AI landscape is rapidly changing. To keep you up to date on the fast breaking legal updates in the AI space, we will be providing weekly updates summarizing significant news and legal developments,...
View ArticleNY State Bar Association Joins Florida and California on AI Ethics Guidance –...
The NY State Bar Association (NYSBA) Task Force on Artificial Intelligence has issued a nearly 80 page report (Report) and recommendations on the legal, social and ethical impact of artificial...
View ArticleUSPTO Issues Additional Guidance on Use of AI Tools in Connection with USPTO...
The USPTO issued guidance on February 6, 2024 that clarified existing rules and policies and discussed how to apply them when AI is used in the drafting of submissions to the Patent Trial and Appeal...
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