Even with 2-3 blog posts a day, I can’t get to every story I’d like to cover. So, I thought I’d try something new with a post I call “the kitchen sink” – with a brand-new meme from Gates Dogfish!
Why “the kitchen sink”? Well, since I try to cover “everything but the kitchen sink”, I thought it would be a good way of referring to the stories I didn’t get around to covering! In looking for stories to write about, I usually find more than I can cover each week. So, why not reference them in one final post of the week, so that you can check them out on your own?
Even better when you can include a brand-new eDiscovery meme courtesy of Gates Dogfish, the meme channel dedicated to eDiscovery people and created by Aaron Patton of Trustpoint.One. For more great eDiscovery memes, follow Gates Dogfish on LinkedIn here! Unless you don’t like to laugh, that is… 😀
Here is this week’s kitchen sink of ten stories that I didn’t get to this week, with a comment from me about each:
If You’re Going to Coach a Witness and Misrepresent it to the Court, Turn Off the Recorder: Michael Berman does a great job covering cases and this one on EDRM’s blog where plaintiff’s counsel coaches the plaintiff during a break in a virtual trial and the coaching is picked up by the recorder led to a mistrial.
Baloney Detection Kit: How to Think Sceptically and Bust Bullshit: Even though I’m skeptical about the spelling of “sceptical” (see what I did there?), I admit, the name of this article got my attention and there’s a great discussion of cognitive tools, logical fallacies and more (via Stephen’s Lighthouse).
Is GenAI’s Impact on Productivity Overblown?: This article from Harvard Business Review discusses the pitfalls of focusing too much on the task level benefits of generative AI and not enough on the likely long-term negative effects of using LLMs on employees and internal processes.
iPhone survives 16,000-foot fall after door plug blows off Alaska Air flight 1282: And yet, mine cracks when I drop it 3 feet onto the kitchen floor.
FBI Releases Blackcat Ransomware Decryption Tool to Victims, Disrupting Attacks: DOJ says that Blackcat is the “second most prolific ransomware-as-a-service variant in the world”. This should help!
Regulators aren’t convinced that Microsoft and OpenAI operate independently: European Union regulators are concerned that Microsoft may be covertly controlling OpenAI as its biggest investor. To the surprise of…no one.
Ransomware victims targeted by fake hack-back offers: Some organizations victimized by the Royal and Akira ransomware gangs have been targeted by a threat actor posing as a security researcher who promised to hack back the original attacker and delete stolen victim data. Oldest trick in the book.
Lawyer Sanctioned For Trying To File A Fake News Article As An Exhibit: Joe Patrice writes about a lawyer who entered a phony article into the record, then “wrote a letter to the court describing the article as a ‘hypothetical paper’ which didn’t assuage the Ninth Circuit’s ethical concerns.” Gee, you think?
Generative AI in Cybersecurity: More Risk than Reward in 2024?: Rob Robinson covers the “Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2024” report from the World Economic Forum on his excellent ComplexDiscovery blog, which “highlights the escalating challenges posed by increased geopolitical tensions, economic instability, and emerging technologies like artificial intelligence (AI).” One notable stat: “Less than 10% of respondents believe that generative AI will benefit defenders more than attackers in the next two years.” Gulp.
From Gavels to Algorithms: Judge Xavier Rodriguez Discusses the Future of Law and AI: Maribel Rivera has a terrific discussion with Judge Xavier Rodriguez on the ACEDS blog, United States District Judge, Western District of Texas, who is always interesting in his takes on legal technology, eDiscovery and (now) AI, about which he recently an article published by The Sedona Conference®!
So, what do you think? Is this useful as an end of the week wrap-up? Please share any comments you might have or if you’d like to know more about a particular topic.
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