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Lawyers, Beware LLMs: Attorney faces disciplinary action for using ChatGPT's fictional brief.
Law Enforcement

Lawyers, Beware LLMs: Attorney faces disciplinary action for using ChatGPT's fictional brief.

A United States federal judge threw ChatGPT’s legal research out of court. An attorney who used ChatGPT to generate a legal brief faces disciplinary action after opposing lawyers discovered that the brief referred to fictional cases and quotations invented by the chatbot.

June 22, 20232 min read
Lawyers, Beware LLMs: Attorney faces disciplinary action for using ChatGPT's fictional brief.
Law Enforcement

Lawyers, Beware LLMs: Attorney faces disciplinary action for using ChatGPT's fictional brief.

A United States federal judge threw ChatGPT’s legal research out of court. An attorney who used ChatGPT to generate a legal brief faces disciplinary action after opposing lawyers discovered that the brief referred to fictional cases and quotations invented by the chatbot.

June 22, 20232 min read
Algorithms Control the Capital: The 29 Algorithms Used by Washington, D.C.
Law Enforcement

Algorithms Control the Capital: The 29 Algorithms Used by Washington, D.C.

A new report offers a rare peek into the use of automated decision-making tools by the government of a major city.

November 30, 20222 min read
Algorithms Control the Capital: The 29 Algorithms Used by Washington, D.C.
Law Enforcement

Algorithms Control the Capital: The 29 Algorithms Used by Washington, D.C.

A new report offers a rare peek into the use of automated decision-making tools by the government of a major city.

November 30, 20222 min read
Panopticon Down Under: Australian Prisons Adopt Face Recognition
Law Enforcement

Panopticon Down Under: Australian Prisons Adopt Face Recognition

A state in Australia plans to outfit prisons with face recognition. Corrective Services NSW, the government agency that operates nearly every prison in New South Wales, contracted the U.S.-based IT firm Unisys to replace a previous system.

September 28, 20222 min read
Panopticon Down Under: Australian Prisons Adopt Face Recognition
Law Enforcement

Panopticon Down Under: Australian Prisons Adopt Face Recognition

A state in Australia plans to outfit prisons with face recognition. Corrective Services NSW, the government agency that operates nearly every prison in New South Wales, contracted the U.S.-based IT firm Unisys to replace a previous system.

September 28, 20222 min read
AI Regulations Proceed Locally: U.S. States Enact Laws Targeting AI
Law Enforcement

AI Regulations Proceed Locally: U.S. States Enact Laws Targeting AI

EPIC published a summary of AI-related laws that states and cities considered between January 2021 and August 2022.

August 24, 20222 min read
AI Regulations Proceed Locally: U.S. States Enact Laws Targeting AI
Law Enforcement

AI Regulations Proceed Locally: U.S. States Enact Laws Targeting AI

EPIC published a summary of AI-related laws that states and cities considered between January 2021 and August 2022.

August 24, 20222 min read
Ethics Team Scuttles Taser Drone: Axon Cancels Plans to Sell a Taser Drone
Law Enforcement

Ethics Team Scuttles Taser Drone: Axon Cancels Plans to Sell a Taser Drone

A weaponized AI system intended to protect students has been grounded. Axon, which makes law-enforcement equipment such as tasers and body cameras, canceled a plan to sell remote-controlled drones capable of firing electroshock darts.

June 15, 20222 min read
Ethics Team Scuttles Taser Drone: Axon Cancels Plans to Sell a Taser Drone
Law Enforcement

Ethics Team Scuttles Taser Drone: Axon Cancels Plans to Sell a Taser Drone

A weaponized AI system intended to protect students has been grounded. Axon, which makes law-enforcement equipment such as tasers and body cameras, canceled a plan to sell remote-controlled drones capable of firing electroshock darts.

June 15, 20222 min read
Minorities Reported: Policing AI shows bias against Blacks and Latinos.
Law Enforcement

Minorities Reported: Policing AI shows bias against Blacks and Latinos.

An independent investigation found evidence of racial and economic bias in a crime-prevention model used by police departments in at least nine U.S. states.

December 8, 20212 min read
Minorities Reported: Policing AI shows bias against Blacks and Latinos.
Law Enforcement

Minorities Reported: Policing AI shows bias against Blacks and Latinos.

An independent investigation found evidence of racial and economic bias in a crime-prevention model used by police departments in at least nine U.S. states.

December 8, 20212 min read
Who Has the Best Face Recognition? U.S. Government Agency Ranks the Best Face Recognition Systems
Law Enforcement

Who Has the Best Face Recognition? U.S. Government Agency Ranks the Best Face Recognition Systems

Face recognition algorithms have come under scrutiny for misidentifying individuals. A U.S. government agency tested over 1,000 of them to see which are the most reliable.

November 17, 20212 min read
Who Has the Best Face Recognition? U.S. Government Agency Ranks the Best Face Recognition Systems
Law Enforcement

Who Has the Best Face Recognition? U.S. Government Agency Ranks the Best Face Recognition Systems

Face recognition algorithms have come under scrutiny for misidentifying individuals. A U.S. government agency tested over 1,000 of them to see which are the most reliable.

November 17, 20212 min read
Democracies Embrace Surveillance: AI Increasingly Spies on Citizens of Western Democracies
Law Enforcement

Democracies Embrace Surveillance: AI Increasingly Spies on Citizens of Western Democracies

What if AI-enabled monitoring isn’t just for dictators and despots?The fear: Under the pretext of maintaining law and order, even countries founded on a commitment to individual rights allow police to take advantage of smart-city infrastructure and smart-home devices.

October 27, 20211 min read

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