McDonald’s sued over AI tool that recommends prices to franchisees
McDonald’s said the AI-enhanced pricing tool has been used for more than a decade. It determines prices based on store sales, location and competitors’ prices.
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Corporate counsel survey shows rate of AI adoption is outpacing accountability
Eighty-five percent of in-house legal departments use AI, up from 52% just a year ago. But a survey found that 41% of legal departments have never audited for unapproved “shadow AI” use — and do not plan to do so.
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Amid tech era, the new leader of the state bar leans in on reconnection
Derrick Wilson said being a lawyer is about making a difference in clients’ lives. Little did he know that would go both ways.
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Amid embrace of AI, firms look for mix to best suit their needs
As Harvey positions itself as a leading force in AI technology catered toward the legal profession, law firms continue to test its features, and those of other platforms, to find the right fit for their own legal practice.
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Carmel CEO introduces new AI-driven app to support family law cases
The applications, Parency and ParencyLegal, are designed with clients and attorneys in mind.
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Microsoft exec called AI the ‘largest theft of labor’ in history, court records show
The comments headline a legal brief filed by the New York Times and other publications in their copyright case against Microsoft and OpenAI.
Judge says Pentagon’s measures against Anthropic were ‘illegal and baseless’
A federal judge issued a written order stating that the Pentagon acted illegally by punishing the AI company for criticizing the Department of Defense’s views on AI use.
Apple asks judge to bar OpenAI from using alleged trade secrets
Apple’s lawsuit accusing the artificial intelligence company of engaging in a coordinated campaign to steal proprietary information about upcoming products.
Elon Musk’s xAI sues Minnesota over its first-in-the-nation law banning ‘nudification’ technology
The lawsuit was filed Monday in federal court and potentially provides a test for how far states can go in constitutionally regulating the use of artificial intelligence.
Judge approves a $1.5B Anthropic settlement over pirated books used to train the Claude chatbot
About 91% of the more than 482,000 books covered by the ruling have been claimed by authors or publishers who are now due payment.
26 Meta employees sue, alleging AI-driven layoff picks hit workers on medical and parental leave
The lawsuit says the layoffs violated several state and federal laws, including the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Pregnancy Discrimination Act and the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.
One of sci-fi’s most difficult questions about AI is becoming real
As the AI industry moves from selling chatbots to providing agents that can complete complex tasks autonomously over long periods of time, the question of who should be held responsible when something goes wrong is becoming more urgent.
Apple files lawsuit accusing ChatGPT maker OpenAI of stealing trade secrets
Apple said in the lawsuit filed in a California federal court that OpenAI encouraged Apple employees it was recruiting to share confidential information, even guiding how to avoid scrutiny when taking jobs at the other company.
News outlets urge judge to sanction OpenAI in high-stakes AI copyright fight
Newspapers allege the ChatGPT maker is hiding evidence important to what could be a landmark copyright infringement trial over how OpenAI and its business partner, Microsoft, built their AI technologies using millions of news articles.
A city’s push for facial recognition on public buses ignites debate over security and privacy
The effort is creating fierce debate over whether the safety benefits of artificial intelligence are worth the privacy costs.
Faegre Drinker deploys new AI tools, expands ethics training
The law firm announced Thursday that it has rolled out the AI software Harvey across the firm, saying it will boost contract analysis, due diligence, compliance and litigation.
Law goes into effect requiring companies to label AI-generated ‘synthetic performers’
The New York law is one of many proposed or enacted in several U.S. states with the goal of boosting job security for real humans or curbing the potential privacy and safety risks posed by artificial intelligence.
AI is forcing big law to rethink business as usual
With AI threatening to upend the field, big law is hiring engineers and software specialists, adapting AI tools into day-to-day workflows, and developing bespoke AI legal products to license to clients.
Lawsuit against OpenAI, CEO Sam Altman claims company concealed serious risks of ChatGPT
The lawsuit claims the company deployed a product that facilitates and encourages harm, including self-harm and violence, while falsely assuring users it was safe.
Cummins must pay $23.3M in damages in trade-secret lawsuit, jury says
A California-based tech firm that develops artificial-intelligence-powered applications accused the Indiana-based manufacturer of stealing its trade secrets.
Federal court rejects Elon Musk’s claims against OpenAI, saying he filed lawsuit too late
The trial shed light on the bitter falling-out between the two Silicon Valley titans and the beginnings of OpenAI, now a company valued at $852 billion.
Lawyers for Elon Musk and OpenAI make final case in trial that could shape AI’s future
The trial’s outcome could sway the balance of power in AI — breakthrough technology that increasingly has raised fears about its potential impacts on the economy, society and even humanity’s survival.
Musk, OpenAI lawyers begin closing arguments in landmark trial that could shape AI’s future
The trial’s outcome could sway the balance of power in AI — breakthrough technology that is increasingly feared as a threat to humanity’s survival.
OpenAI chief Sam Altman makes high-stakes appearance in his court bout with Elon Musk
Musk, the world’s richest man, is seeking Altman’s ouster from the company leadership as part of a civil lawsuit accusing him of betraying their shared vision for OpenAI.