The Biden administration has announced additional limits on the sale of advanced semiconductors by American firms to Chinese companies in an attempt to slow the latter nation’s progress in developing AI technology, according to the New York Times. Nvidia, which produces a huge portion of the chips used for AI, said that the new rules will likely have little financial impact on their operations given the global demand for their chips.
In an new exploratory article, Legaltech News breaks down why and how to conduct an audit to assess AI products in relation to ethical concerns, transparency, and accountability. This is especially necessary in the legal industry, where a commitment to ethics is a key part of maintaining client trust.
Also from Legaltech News: an analysis of the costs associated with purchasing an AI product from a legal tech company versus those associated with building one for your firm or legal department from scratch. Determining what you want to use AI for, how many resources you’re willing to invest in building and maintaining the program, and whether an open-source model will align with how you plan to implement AI.
Che Chang, general counsel at ChatGPT creator OpenAI, told an audience at the Berkeley Law AI Institute conference that he feels good about the future of AI regulation, according to Corporate Counsel. He added that his team is in frequent conversation with policymakers, a factor that may be, at least in part, the result of a subpoena issued by the FTC earlier that Chang characterized as sincere curiosity about AI.
Pras Michel of The Fugees has accused his former lawyers of relying on a faulty final argument created with artificial intelligence, according to Politico. Michel was convicted of “conspiring to make straw campaign donations, witness tampering and acting as an unregistered foreign agent for China,” and has now teamed up with new legal counsel from ArentFox Schiff, who alleged that the former legal team had “an undisclosed financial stake in the AI program” used to create the argument in question.
Ethan Beberness is a Brooklyn-based writer covering legal tech, small law firms, and in-house counsel for Above the Law. His coverage of legal happenings and the legal services industry has appeared in Law360, Bushwick Daily, and elsewhere.
