Here’s the kitchen sink for July 5, 2024 of ten stories that I didn’t get to this week – with another brand-new meme from Gates Dogfish!

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Here is the kitchen sink for July 5, 2024 of ten stories that I didn’t get to this week, with a comment from me about each:

Geofence Search Warrant Held Valid: Missed this one last week while on vacay. Mike Berman details a court ruling on the EDRM blog that upheld the use of a geofence warrant in the identification of a suspect in a case of stolen farm equipment. The suspect shot at police when they executed a search warrant. In this case, law enforcement needs won out over privacy considerations.

PowerPoint has Its Problems. It’s Worthy Anyway.: Not everyone is a fan of PowerPoints. Even Steve Jobs didn’t like them. They’re all wrong, and here are some of the benefits of them.

The Federal “Official Information” Privilege: Did you know what an “official information” privilege is? Neither did I, nor did Mike Berman before he stumbled upon the case Hipschman v. County of San Diego. He discusses what it is on the EDRM blog here.

AI trains on kids’ photos even when parents use strict privacy settings: Three weeks ago, I told you AI was being trained on the entire childhood of Brazilian kids. It’s also happening to Australian kids – even with strict privacy settings and even on unlisted YouTube videos that don’t show up in any search. Sigh.

Let’s Breakdown Harvey.AI’s Video of Features: Harvey does exist, after all! And there’s a one minute, 45 second video to prove it. Still needs more than that to justify a $2 billion valuation, IMHO.

FINRA Reaffirms Regulatory Standards for AI Adoption in Financial Services: As reported by Rob Robinson in ComplexDiscovery, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) issued Regulatory Notice 24-09 on June 27, 2024, which clarifies that while these technologies can enhance operational efficiencies and improve services, their use must still comply with established legal and regulatory frameworks.

Worrying About Sycophantism: Why I again tweaked the custom GPT ‘Panel of AI Experts for Lawyers’ to add more barriers against sycophantism and bias: Ralph Losey’s blog post titles are almost as long as his posts. 😉 Nonetheless, it’s worth the read on the EDRM blog, explaining what AI sycophantism, it’s discussion in an Anthropic study and how he’s applying it to his custom GPT (which must be humongous at this point).

Law Clerk vs. AI? Courthouse Test Highlights Judicial Curiosity: Law clerks and interns for Texas federal Judge Xavier Rodriguez recently spent weeks poring over evidence from a high-profile trial on challenges to Texas’ voting and election laws, and then summarized key testimony for the court’s official findings of fact and conclusions of law. This summer, an AI tool is doing the same thing – as a case study. I, for one, can’t wait to see the results of it! 😀

Investors Pour $27.1 Billion Into A.I. Start-Ups, Defying a Downturn: In just three months, from April to June! That was nearly half the $56 billion in U.S. start-up financing during that time. Always follow the money when it comes to predicting future tech trends.

RockYou2024 Leak: Nearly 10 Billion Passwords Exposed, Heightening Cybersecurity Risks for Businesses: Rob Robinson shares this story with us – for context, there are only about 8 billion people in the world!

Hope you enjoyed the kitchen sink for July 5, 2024! Back next week with another edition!

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