Here’s another set of ten stories that I didn’t get to this week! It’s the kitchen sink for March 1, 2024 – with another brand-new meme from Gates Dogfish!

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Here is the kitchen sink for March 1, 2024 of ten stories that I didn’t get to this week, with a comment from me about each:

DOJ appoints first-ever chief AI officer – Will law firms follow?: Yes, and so will all types of organizations. At least in my opinion.

Stable Diffusion: Another AI Chatbot Company Entrenched in Legal Battle Over Copyright Infringement: OpenAI’s ChatGPT isn’t the only AI tool that is getting hit with copyright infringement lawsuits – it’s happening to AI art companies too. This one discusses a case against Stability AI’s Stable Diffusion.

New Study Shows AIs are Genuinely Nicer than Most People – ‘More Human Than Human’: Ralph Losey (who is much nicer than the median human) writes that “[e]xtensive Turing tests by a team of respected scientists have shown that ‘chatbots’ behaviors tend to be more cooperative and altruistic than the median human, including being more trusting, generous, and reciprocating.’”

Your Organization Isn’t Designed to Work with GenAI: An interesting HBR article that discusses a new paradigm called “Designing for Dialogue”, which “is rooted in the idea that technology and humans can share responsibilities dynamically.” Very interesting discussion of the approach and why old methods won’t work for integrating genAI.

The AI industry is on the verge of becoming another boys’ club. We’re all going to lose out if it does: A recent New York Times article released a list of people “behind the dawn of the modern artificial intelligence movement” – and not a single woman was named. That figures. This article discusses why we need to recognize the contributions of important women in the development of AI.

Large Language Models Under Siege: Navigating the Complexities of Prompt Stealing Cyberattacks: Interesting coverage by Rob Robinson of ComplexDiscovery of a recent study that delves into the emerging threat of prompt stealing attacks against LLMs, shedding light on a novel cybersecurity challenge that could potentially undermine the integrity of these advanced models.

First Rule for Writing With GenAI: Is that you don’t talk about writing with GenAI, and the second rule… Just kidding. 😉 Actually, the article has some interesting observations about writing with GenAI. My favorite quote: “Editing GenAI documents is like eating cotton candy. Take a bite, and the structure begins to dissolve. A few more bites and nothing of substance is left.” Wow.

Inquiry Into Ouster of OpenAI’s Chief Executive Nears End: What does that mean? It means we’re getting another season of the OpenAI soap opera! 😀 Get your recap of last season here, here and here!

Vishing, smishing, and phishing attacks skyrocket 1,265% post-ChatGPT: Yish, er, yeesh! 😮 We knew hackers are using ChatGPT to launch attacks, this stat seems to illustrate some of the impact.

Lawyers and Law Firms Rising Up: Overcoming the Reluctance To Transition To AI: Terrific article from Judge Ralph Artigliere (with help from Shawn Arnold of CodexTen) on the EDRM site with a lot of questions lawyers and law firms should be asking about using AI. You can join them both next Tuesday in the EDRM webinar Rise of the Machines: Transitioning to AI Powered Workflow in the Practice of Law.

Hope you enjoyed the kitchen sink for March 1, 2024! Back next week with another edition!

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