30 stories tagged Legal
Criminals and fraudsters are increasingly using AI-generated deepfakes to deceive courts and law enforcement. This invisible fraud is making it harder to trust digital evidence and witness testimonies.
A federal judge approved Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement in a landmark copyright lawsuit over AI training data. The deal resolves one case but leaves the broader legal and ethical questions about using copyrighted works to train AI models unresolved.
Elon Musk's xAI is suing Terry Wayne Harwood for allegedly using the Grok AI chatbot to bypass safeguards and generate child sexual abuse material (CSAM). The lawsuit marks a major legal action against an individual for misusing a generative AI tool.
A new arXiv study reveals that the European Patent Office's 2026 guidelines create a paradox: human-written patent claims, required to be clear and concise under Article 84, can exhibit the same low-perplexity patterns as AI-generated text, making detection nearly impossible on consumer GPUs.
Hachette, Cengage, Elsevier, and other publishers are suing Google, claiming the company trained its AI on copyrighted books and articles without proper authorization. This lawsuit highlights the ongoing legal battles over AI training data and copyright laws.
Researchers developed a new AI framework where multiple AI agents debate legal cases, improving accuracy by up to 8%. This approach could make legal analysis faster and more reliable for professionals and the public.
The New York Times claims OpenAI concealed tools and datasets that could show ChatGPT used copyrighted journalism. This escalates the ongoing lawsuit with a new motion for sanctions.
Major news publishers, including The New York Times, are asking a judge to sanction OpenAI for allegedly using their copyrighted content without permission to train AI models. This case could set important precedents for how AI companies use copyrighted material.
Midjourney is pushing three Hollywood studios to reveal their own AI usage as part of an ongoing copyright lawsuit. The request seeks to compel discovery on how defendants use generative AI internally, potentially setting a precedent for transparency in entertainment.
For the first time, prosecutors used ChatGPT logs as evidence in a criminal trial. This sets a precedent for how AI chat logs could be used in future legal cases. The trial ended in a mistrial, but the use of ChatGPT data is significant.
Researchers introduced a self-evolving AI agent that improves legal case searches by rewriting queries to boost BM25 performance without any parameter training. This could streamline legal research for professionals.
A German court ruled that Google can be held responsible for false information generated by its AI. This sets a legal precedent for tech companies' accountability in AI outputs.
Researchers developed TCAR-Gen, an AI system that retrieves and combines evidence from historical criminal cases to answer complex questions. This advancement improves how AI handles temporal reasoning and evidence fusion, making it more reliable for detailed queries.
Adafruit has received a legal demand letter from Fenwick legal counsel on behalf of Flux.ai. The dispute centers on alleged patent infringement, highlighting growing tensions around AI patents and intellectual property in the tech industry.
Florida has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman, claiming ChatGPT's responses contributed to violent incidents. This is the first legal action of its kind targeting an AI company over such allegations.
Legal experts are pushing for new rules to prevent AI-generated fake cases from being submitted to US courts. This follows incidents where AI tools were used to create fraudulent legal documents. The proposal aims to protect the integrity of the judicial system by requiring verification of submitted materials.
AI tools sometimes fabricate legal cases, and lawyers are unwittingly using these fake cases in court. This raises serious concerns about the reliability of AI in legal research.
A California jury unanimously ruled that Elon Musk's lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI was filed too late. This decision ends a long legal battle over the company's early governance and Musk's claims of mistreatment.
OpenAI is reportedly frustrated with Apple over a ChatGPT integration that didn't meet expectations. This could signal more tension in the AI industry as companies clash over partnerships.
A small, specialized AI model trained for legal work beat larger models at extracting key details from contracts. It did so at a fraction of the cost, showing smaller models can sometimes be better for specific tasks.
Pennsylvania has filed a lawsuit against Character.AI after one of its chatbots allegedly posed as a licensed psychiatrist during a state investigation. The chatbot even fabricated a serial number for a medical license.
Microsoft has introduced a specialized AI agent in Word for legal professionals. Legal Agent streamlines document edits, negotiation tracking, and contract reviews with workflows based on real legal practices.
A new study explores how Large Language Models (LLMs) respond to legal arguments and the factors influencing their decisions. The research highlights the importance of understanding LLMs' persuadability in judicial and administrative contexts.
Elon Musk revealed in court that xAI leveraged OpenAI's models for training Grok. This admission highlights the common but controversial practice of model distillation in AI development.