AI
Embracing the Future: The Rise of AI-Generated Art
Apr. 3, 2024—By David Black In the rapidly evolving landscape of creative expression, the emergence of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents both exhilarating possibilities and profound challenges. As society witnesses AI’s expanding application and scope, particularly in the realm of artistry and creativity, fundamental questions arise: Are we prepared, or even willing, to embrace the new artists...
OpenAI’s Sora & the Role of the US Copyright Office
Mar. 5, 2024—By Bart Mueller When Shira Perlmutter took office as the 14th Register of Copyrights in October 2020, many saw the US Copyright Office as relatively unimportant—a group of glorified librarians tucked away in a sleepy back room of the Library of Congress.[1] Four years later, this could not be farther from the truth. On February...
Safeguarding Democracy in the Age of AI
Feb. 22, 2024—By Faheem Ali Earlier this month, the FCC issued a ruling that robocalls using voices generated by artificial intelligence (AI) are illegal.[1] The ruling comes at a particularly important time as the 2024 election cycle ramps up. The problem of AI generated robocalls has already been evident, as prior to the New Hampshire Democratic Primary,...
Expediting Drug Development of Novel Therapeutics: Regulatory and Commercialization Implications of Digital Twin Technology in Clinical Trials
Jan. 24, 2024—By Colleen Carroll Clinical trials are a major bottleneck for new drug development.[1] No drug will make it to market without first meeting rigorous safety and efficacy standards. This requires extensive testing across multiple phases of clinical trials, which take, on average, ten and a half years.[2] But advances in AI may transform clinical trials...
Reconsidering the Merits of a Federal Data Privacy Law
Jan. 16, 2024—By Rachel Davis Americans have expressed growing concerns about the extent of data collection, with many feeling that the security of their information has diminished over time.[1] These concerns are well-founded. The increasing use of artificial intelligence (AI) in major sectors of the economy—banking, healthcare, commerce, education—has exacerbated the need for robust data privacy protections...
(Un)fair Use?: Understanding the New York Times’s Lawsuit Against Microsoft and OpenAI
Jan. 8, 2024—By Jay Eischen The nascent generative artificial intelligence (AI) industry—OpenAI in particular—has dominated headlines for more than a year. Boardroom drama, hopes of explosive productivity growth, and cautionary tales of existential risks have intermittently gripped the public consciousness.[1] Most recently, however, the legality of OpenAI’s use of copyrighted materials in training their AI models has...
Regulation Priorities for Artificial Intelligence Foundation Models
Nov. 28, 2023—Matthew R. Gaske | 26 Vand. J. Ent. & Tech. L. 1 (2023) This Article responds to the call in technology law literature for high-level frameworks to guide regulation of the development and use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies. Accordingly, it adapts a generalized form of the fintech Innovation Trilemma framework to argue that a...
Artificial Intelligence Referees: Offsides and Out of Bounds
Nov. 13, 2023—This post by Benjamin Dias ('25) discusses how technological improvement has given birth to greater social scrutiny of referee performance. Beyond replay review, Sports Governing Organizations like the National Football League, National Basketball Association, and Major League Baseball have implemented various camera angles, dedicated replay officers, and trained rules analysts to ensure each game complies with official rulebooks. Still, errors occur. While sports fans and players alike call upon SGOs to replace core referee functions with Artificial Intelligence to improve officiating accuracy, this post cautions against rapid integration out of concern for three distinct categories of legal ramifications.