Here’s the kitchen sink for August 30, 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 August 30, 2024 of ten stories that I didn’t get to this week, with a comment from me about each:

ComplexDiscovery OÜ Launches Summer 2024 eDiscovery Business Confidence Survey as Interest in Generative AI Surges: Actually, we have eleven stories this week, as it’s time for another Business Confidence Survey from ComplexDiscovery. Check it out, then fill it out!

Top companies ground Microsoft Copilot over data governance concerns: Apparently, data governance concerns are grounding more Copilots than Delta Airlines! 😀 At least for now, as companies work out the data security considerations.

Hobbyists discover how to insert custom fonts into AI-generated images: Yet another AI image generator – this one is called “Flux”. Apparently, it’s “capable of rendering depictions of accurate text, and users can now directly insert words rendered in custom fonts into AI image generations.” Intriguing! Hope its “capacitor” can handle the “influx” of users trying it out! 😉

Privilege Log Entry That Document is “A-C Privileged and/or Work Product” Held Insufficient: Short and sweet case law ruling covered by Michael Berman on the EDRM blog. Apparently, “it depends” doesn’t extend to privilege log entries.

Prosecutors and AI: Navigating Justice in the Age of Algorithms: Also on the EDRM blog, Ralph Losey addresses the need for AI to help with the huge volume of data in criminal cases, and the challenges for doing so (including bias and transparency), with several images from his own custom GPT!

California Legislature Approves Bill Proposing Sweeping A.I. Restrictions: California is busy working on regulating AI! There’s S.B. 1047, which would require big AI companies to test their systems for safety before releasing them to the public, and AB 3211, which requires watermarks in the metadata of AI-generated photos, videos and audio clips. Elon Musk supports the first one, while OpenAI, Adobe and Microsoft are now supporting the second one (after it was reworked). Keep an eye on both of these.

The Evolution of eDiscovery: From its Inception to the Future: For those who are new to eDiscovery, Maribel Rivera’s blog post on the ACEDS blog about how we got here is a must read. And it has a clever metamorphosis graphic at the top using the look of the old ACEDS logo.

Antitrust Lawsuit Against RealPage Raises Concerns Over AI-Driven Collusion: AI being used by landlords to collude on pricing? You could knock me over with a feather! 😉 Rob Robinson covers this story and how the DOJ says RealPage’s software “collects nonpublic, competitively sensitive information from participating landlords”, then “generate[s] pricing recommendations that reflect the combined data of the participating entities.”

Google AI reintroduces human image generation after historical accuracy outcry: Racially diverse images? Good. Applying racially diverse images to Nazis? Bad. Google has now apparently figured out how to get both right. It also won’t let you generate images of “identifiable individuals” (i.e., prominent people). Also good.

eDJ Geek Guide: Teams as an eDiscovery Source: Want to see how data is stored on Microsoft Teams? Greg Buckles has a graphic and a resource for you on eDiscovery Journal! Spoiler alert: it’s as convoluted as you might guess.

Deepfakes: Seeing is no longer believing: Notable survey stats on deepfakes. Here are two: 1) The risk of deepfakes is rising with 47% of organizations having encountered a deepfake and 70% of them believing deepfake attacks which are created using generative AI tools, will have a high impact on their organizations.; 2) 60% of global IT and security professionals say their companies have developed measures to defend against AI-generated deepfake attacks.

Hope you enjoyed the kitchen sink for August 30, 2024! Back next week with another edition!

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