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A lot of the businesses we work with are experimenting with AI tools – drafting content, summarizing data, even building internal workflows. And understandably so: these tools are accessible, affordable, and increasingly powerful.

But we’re also seeing a familiar pattern emerge. AI is easy to use, and just as easy to misuse.

If you’re a business owner or decision-maker navigating this terrain, here are a few questions worth considering. These aren’t meant to scare you off. Rather, they’re designed…
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Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) is coming and it is coming fast. It is poised to transform industries, automate complex tasks, analyze data faster, and supposedly make smarter decisions for businesses.  In particular, the demand for AI will change real estate and rural America, due to heightened demand for data centers.

Tech companies including Meta are pressing into unexpected parts of the country, on the hunt for huge swaths of flat land that have access to natural gas and transmission lines.
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I’ve been thinking about the clash between generative AI and copyright law, particularly in light of OpenAI’s claim that restricting access to copyrighted material could end the AI race altogether.

It’s a provocative statement. But it’s also a false binary. Because we’ve been here before – at the edge of a new medium, a new method of creation. And time and again, copyright has stretched to meet the moment.

At its heart, this isn’t just a legal dilemma.
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The use of artificial intelligence (AI) touches many sectors in the United States, and the business world is no exception. While this exciting development has proven useful for many businesses, it is also a new source of potential liability.

AI enhances products such as self-driving cars and medical devices, but the current legal framework has yet to evolve with this rapidly-developing technology. Companies should be aware of potential product liability risks under the current legal framework to ensure they…
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I read two thought-provoking articles today that got me thinking about how we approach prompting when using generative AI tools. Ted Underwood, writing in the Chronicle of Higher Education, makes a key point – we shouldn’t treat AI as an all-knowing oracle. “Instead of assuming that the model already has an answer to every question in memory,” he writes, “any special assumptions or background knowledge the model will be expected to use” should be included in the prompt.
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I recently wrote an article on Getting Started with GenAI in Legal Practice for the December issue of Wisconsin Lawyer that I wanted to share. It examines how attorneys can approach generative AI tools thoughtfully and ethically in their practice.

The ABA’s recent opinion on Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools makes clear that “even in the absence of an expectation for lawyers to use GAI tools as a matter of course, lawyers should become aware of the GAI tools relevant…
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Artificial intelligence and robotics, concept.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing industries worldwide, and personal injury law is no exception. AI is helping lawyers streamline processes, improve accuracy, and make better-informed decisions. This technology is transforming how personal injury law firms operate, benefiting both attorneys and clients.
Enhancing legal research and documentation
AI tools enhance legal research by quickly sorting through large volumes of information. Attorneys can use AI to analyze case law, statutes, and relevant precedents, which helps them build stronger cases. Instead of…
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Those of us who have seen the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, or are at least familiar with its famous robot named HAL, have a healthy suspicion of artificial intelligence (AI). And our fears have been validated as we watched lawyers who relied on AI to draft legal documents get sanctioned by the courts and pilloried by the broader legal community.

But it’s nearly impossible to miss the buzz around AI and the way it is creeping into…
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Technology companies are facing a series of lawsuits alleging copyright infringement.
Throughout our Artificial Intelligence 101 blog series, we’ve discussed the hypothetical legal troubles Generative AI can cause. To wrap things up, our final blog post is an overview of the many pending lawsuits that could decide the legal future of Generative AI.

OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, is likely the most well-known company in the field of Generative AI technology. This recognition, however, has resulted in numerous…
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Ubuntu handbook has instructions on how to get Airplay up and running on a Linux box.

With these instructions, here is what I did for my desktop.

$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC662 rev3 Analog [ALC662 rev3 Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0:…
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United States federal law still does not address use of Generative AI, though lawmakers have proposed legislation addressing various issues.
In our previous Generative Artificial Intelligence 101 blog post, we discussed intellectual property infringement as a legal risk of using Generative AI. Today, we jump into a discussion of the various other legal liabilities associated with Generative AI.

Not only is there no case law yet addressing the allegedly unlawful activity associated with Generative AI, but also the United…
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I have upgraded my desktop but not my laptop.

Note: Xneo is an alias for neofetch –ascii_distro xubuntu.

In general, the switch to mostly snaps could be smoother, and I still need…
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Use of Generative AI output carries a high risk of intellectual property infringement liability, particularly with respect to infringement of copyright protected works.

In our previous Generative Artificial Intelligence 101 blog post, we highlighted the various ways in which Generative AI is unreliable and still incapable of truly replicating human work. In today’s post, we discuss another unreliable aspect of Generative AI—its rampant intellectual property infringement.

Generative AI is remarkable because of its ability to create original output without…
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Generative AI productivity tools have become increasingly popular in the legal profession, offering significant potential to enhance efficiency and streamline workflows. Tools like Otter.ai, Zoom AI Companion, and Microsoft Teams AI Note Taker can help summarize remote meetings and transcribe conversations. But, they can also be a privacy disaster for the unwary and uneducated user as an article in this morning’s Washington Post illustrates.
Researcher and engineer Alex Bilzerian said on X last week that, after a Zoom meeting…
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On July 29, 2024, the American Bar Association (ABA) issued Formal Opinion 512 regarding the use of generative artificial intelligence tools.

The 15-page opinion addressed the use of generative artificial intelligence in the practice of law, focusing on the specific rules pertaining to confidentiality, communications, legal fees, competence, and other related rules.
What Is GAI?
First, it is important to know what generative artificial intelligence is, to understand the context of the ABA opinion.

Generative artificial intelligence (GAI) has…
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Generative AI still cannot consistently or reliably create content without substantial inaccuracies, racial and gendered biases, or outright fabrications.
In our previous Generative Artificial Intelligence 101 blog post, we defined Generative AI and its many benefits. This time we will discuss why we cannot rely on Generative AI completely, just yet.

While Generative AI is leaps and bounds more advanced than any other type of machine learning program that has ever existed, the current models are still plagued…
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