Here’s another set of ten stories that I didn’t get to this week! It’s the kitchen sink for February 2, 2024 – with another brand-new meme from Gates Dogfish!
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Here is the kitchen sink for February 2, 2024 of ten stories that I didn’t get to this week (plus a bonus repeat from last week), with a comment from me about each:
Florida’s New Advisory Ethics Opinion on Generative AI Hits the Mark: Detailed write-up from Judge Ralph Artigliere (ret.) on the new Florida AI ethics opinion which we covered here. A lot of great observations from someone I greatly respect.
ILTA Announces A New Two-Day Conference In April, ILTA EVOLVE, Focused on Gen AI and Cybersecurity: Bob Ambrogi informs us about ILTA’s new conference, which is replacing LegalSEC.
Forget Deepfake Audio and Video. Now There’s AI-Based Handwriting!: Researchers have developed AI technology that can mimic someone’s handwriting with only a few paragraphs of written content. Experts worry about the possibility of misuse. Gee, you think? Thankfully, the researchers haven’t purposely released the technology to ensure precautions and tools are in place.
This Is How Am Law 100 Law Firms Are Using Generative AI: That’s a headline that will get your attention, and Staci Zaretsky of Above the Law goes on to provide a few stats in the “Quote of the Day” feature.
AI eDiscovery startup BeagleTM Secures $3m in Seed Funding: That should buy a lot of kibble! 😀
OpenAI says mysterious chat histories resulted from account takeover: Some guy from New York found conversations in his chat history which included the name of a presentation someone was working on, details of an unpublished research proposal, and a script using the PHP programming language – only he didn’t create them. Yeesh!
EU Spearheads Digital Identity Transformation Amidst Global Tech Competition: Rob Robinson covers this story on ComplexDiscovery. Here’s what’s intriguing: “At the forefront of this transformation is the Electronic Identification, Authentication and Trust Services (eIDAS2) Regulation, designed to replace conventional authentication methods with a digital identity wallet, allowing EU citizens to engage with services online with unprecedented security and control over their personal data.”
13 percent of AI chat bot users in the US just want to talk: Looks like the movie Her was prophetic. Now if we can only make ChatGPT sound like Scarlett Johansson… 😉
Microsoft Profit Rises 33 Percent Thanks To AI, Cloud: Those are two pretty good reasons! 😮
ChatGPT’s new @-mentions bring multiple personalities into your AI convo: You mean, like Sybil? Just kidding. 😉 Actually, it sounds pretty cool.
Can This A.I.-Powered Search Engine Replace Google? It Has for Me.: Interesting, though the name of it – Perplexity – is rather…perplexing.
Hope you enjoyed the kitchen sink for February 2, 2024! Back next week with another edition!
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