Silicon Valley Law Group

10/10/2024

Silicon Valley is a proud sponsor once again for the American Bar Association's Artificial Intelligence and Robotics National Institute October 14-15 at Santa Clara Law School. Stephen S. Wu is chairing the Institute again. He founded the Institute in 2019 and is leading it for the sixth time. In the Institute, thirteen continuing legal education sessions offer cutting edge AI and robotics topics. The Institute will also offer four intriguing keynote talks. For more information on the Institute and to register, see: https://events.americanbar.org/event/6de7e13a-76e8-497c-a696-5b8e48ed2f96/summary

04/24/2024

From Shareholder Stephen Wu: Colorado is the first state to create privacy protection for neural data. HB 24-1058, signed by the Governor on April 17, expands the definition of "sensitive data" under its comprehensive privacy act to include neural data, as well as other forms of biological data. Sensitive data requires consent of a Colorado resident for processing. Here is the bill: https://drive.google.com/file/d/12vEb0JfaXbQkPLOpBwH_0Wrq_z7J7fST/view.

03/01/2024

Massachusetts attorney delegates brief writing task to two recent law grads and an associate and is sanction $2k for failing to catch hallucinated case citations. The court based its sanctions on Mass. Rule 11. He admitted the mistakes and sought forgiveness, so he received only light sanctions. The conduct could also be disciplined for failure to supervise his staff.
(from Shareholder Stephen Wu)

03/01/2024

Missouri pro se appellant sanctioned $10k for filing a brief with hallucinated cases resulting from , including obviously made up party names. Used a California “consultant” at a cut rate price for the alleged help in writing it.
(from Stephen Wu)

03/01/2024

From Shareholder Stephen Wu:
Mental privacy laws are on the horizon to create rights to freedom from intrusive reading of thoughts using technology.

Can new legislation protect us from the companies building tech to read our minds?

12/13/2023

One more step towards a final EU Act.
(original post from Shareholder Stephen Wu)

The agreement cements the bloc’s role as the de facto global tech regulator, as governments scramble to address the risks created by AI systems.

09/01/2023

From Shareholder Stephen Wu: "I was glad to share my thoughts on risk management relating to the design of automated vehicles for American Lawyer Media/law.com. How can manufacturers practically avoid big dollar verdicts against them?"

Legal reality is likely to be less accepting of driver responsibility than the car manufacturers might hope, said Cassandra Burke Robertson, a law professor at Case Western Reserve University.

09/01/2023

From Shareholder Stephen Wu: Sen. Schumer is continuing his efforts to pave the way for AI regulation, this fall focusing on building institutional competence to create effective legislation.

More than a half-dozen leading tech CEOs will be among those attending a highly anticipated artificial intelligence event hosted by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer next month, according to the senator’s office.

08/21/2023

From Shareholder Stephen Wu: I am happy to Chair the annual American Bar Association Artificial Intelligence and Robotics National Institute for the fifth time. It's a two-day continuing education program. This year's conference will have the theme of running throughout the panels and four exciting keynotes so you won't want to miss it. It's live, Oct. 9-10, at Santa Clara Law School. Register here: ambar.org/ai2023. Hope to see you there!

https://web.cvent.com/event/780fff77-b22a-4026-9ed9-5e9740499b9a/summary?RefId=linkedin

08/14/2023

From Shareholder Stephen Wu: "Uh oh. Training generative AI models using synthetic data causes the resulting outputs to erode. Artifacts showing the flaws in the output multiply."

Training AI models with AI-generated synthetic content causes the quality of the models' outputs to disintegrate, a new paper shows.

08/07/2023

Shareholder Stephen Wu gave an interview on the impacts AI can have on the legal industry. Link to the recording below.

Paralegals and lawyers worry about job security. Photographic, video and audio evidence may get more expensive to authenticate because of AI.

08/07/2023

Shareholder Stephen Wu comments on AI guidelines set by the City of San Jose.

As more people integrate artificial intelligence into their everyday lives—from students using ChatGPT for homework to adults using AI for art—San Jose leaders are adapting it into their daily work.