Indianapolis officers face fraud, misconduct charges over license plate reader technology
One IMPD officer has resigned and the others have been suspended, with Chief Tanya Terry recommending that they be fired.
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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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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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Can ChatGPT practice law? OpenAI faces first-of-its-kind lawsuit in Illinois.
The suit challenges the relationship between clients and attorneys, attorneys and artificial intelligence, and artificial intelligence and the rule of law.
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Carmel tech firm sues IEDC, others over alleged IP theft
DynamoEdge’s core product uses 5G technology to analyze real-time data to anticipate problems before they occur.
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States take Meta to trial in biggest fight yet over social media harms to children
States including Indiana are seeking extensive financial damages that could, in theory, total as much as $1.4 trillion, plus changes to how the company operates Facebook and Instagram.
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.
License plate camera systems have given some rogue officers a tool for stalking
Flock’s sprawling network of artificial-intelligence roadside cameras record passing license plates, creating a mappable database that officers can search to track individuals.
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.
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.
Supreme Court lets Texas enforce law that restricts app purchases by children
The high court’s brief, unsigned order allows the law to be enforced while a challenge to it plays out in lower court.
Supreme Court says police need warrant to obtain Google location data
In a vote that scrambled ideological lines, the majority found that a request by police officers for Google to turn over a robbery suspect’s location history constituted a search protected by the Constitution.
Court orders Ohio restrictions on children’s use of social media restored
The decision comes as a blow to NetChoice, which has won court victories against identical digital identification laws in other states by focusing on their constitutionality.
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.
Roblox wants deluge of child sex abuse cases moved out of court
Hundreds of people suing Roblox over claims the $40 billion gaming giant falsely advertised its safeguards against predators. But if Roblox gets it way, those people might never see their day in court.
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.
Cardinal Ethanol files lawsuit against its Indianapolis-based IT provider
Cardinal is suing The IT Mothership LLC over what the ethanol producer describes as “an ongoing hostage situation” of its IT system. But the service provider said Cardinal owes it hundreds of thousands of dollars in unpaid fees.
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.
Martindale-Brightwood residents cite environmental concerns in suit against data center plan
The suit argues that the Indianapolis Metropolitan Development Commission erred when it approved a rezoning that will allow developer Metrobloks to build a $500 million small-scale data center on a 14-acre site near Brightwood Plaza.
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.