artificial intelligence

California’s Transparency in Frontier AI Act: A New Standard for AI Safety

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SUMMARY California’s Transparency in Frontier AI Act, enacted September 2025, regulates advanced AI systems requiring over 10^26 computational operations. Companies must publish annual safety frameworks addressing catastrophic risks, disclose model information before release and submit quarterly assessments to regulators. The law includes whistleblower protections and $1 million penalties per violation. It targets major developers like … Read more

AI’s Gaming Journey: From Tic-Tac-Toe to…

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SUMMARY Artificial intelligence has evolved dramatically through gaming, from mastering simple tic-tac-toe in the 1950s to defeating world champions in chess and Go. Modern AI systems like AlphaZero learn through self-play, while MuZero masters games without knowing rules. Beyond board games, AI conquered real-time strategy games like Dota 2 and StarCraft II, achieved olympiad-level mathematics, … Read more

Artificial Intelligence and Attorney-Client Privilege

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SUMMARY Attorney-client privilege faces significant challenges with AI use. When lawyers input client information into AI systems, they risk waiving privilege by sharing confidential data with third-party providers. The Rules of Professional Conduct require attorneys to maintain confidentiality, demonstrate technological competence and ensure adequate safeguards. Lawyers should anonymize information, use specialized legal AI tools with … Read more

Should Kids Use AI?

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SUMMARY The debate over children using AI mirrors earlier concerns about tablets and smartphones. While AI offers personalized learning benefits, risks include impaired critical thinking, shortened attention spans, privacy violations and device dependency. A decade of tablet use showed that educational promises largely failed while mental health concerns mounted. Though supervised AI use is recommended, … Read more

Intelligence Across Boundaries: Jane Goodall’s Legacy in the Age of Artificial Minds

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SUMMARY Jane Goodall’s passing marks the end of a transformative life that redefined our understanding of intelligence across species boundaries. Her decades of chimpanzee research revealed tool use, emotional depth and cultural transmission in non-human primates, challenging human exceptionalism. Her legacy now resonates with contemporary AI development, as both biological and artificial intelligence compel us … Read more

Beyond Yelp: Using AI to Pick Restaurants

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SUMMARY AI revolutionizes restaurant selection by acting as an intelligent dining consultant that processes multiple preferences simultaneously, delivers tailored recommendations and secures reservations. Unlike traditional review sites or random choices, AI understands nuanced criteria and analyzes large volumes of feedback to identify ideal dining options, including real-time wait times and availability. By enabling personalized, efficient … Read more

AI Business Planning for Tech Founders

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SUMMARY AI business planning tools empower tech founders by automating market research, financial modeling and strategic planning, delivering data-driven insights and efficiency. Engineers leverage their analytical skills to critically evaluate and refine AI outputs, ensuring alignment with technical realities and investor expectations. This hybrid approach enhances accuracy, scalability and adaptability in business plans, bridging the … Read more

The Uneven Impact of Generative AI on Young Workers

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The study Canaries in the Coal Mine? Six Facts about the Recent Employment Effects of Artificial Intelligence by Brynjolfsson, Chandar and Chen (August 2025) provides an extensive look into how the rapid adoption of generative AI is reshaping the American labor market, especially for young and entry-level employees. Drawing on high-frequency payroll records from millions of workers … Read more

Elon Musk Sues Apple: The AI Antitrust Battle

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On August 25, 2025, Elon Musk’s X Corp. and xAI filed a federal lawsuit against Apple and OpenAI in Texas, marking what could be the technology industry’s most significant antitrust battle in recent years. The 61-page complaint challenges the exclusive partnership between Apple and OpenAI, arguing it constitutes an illegal conspiracy to dominate both smartphone … Read more

America’s AI Action Plan: A Legal Perspective

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In July 2025, the Trump Administration unveiled America’s AI Action Plan, a sweeping national strategy aimed at securing U.S. global dominance in artificial intelligence. The plan is ambitious and broad, outlining how the U.S. intends to accelerate AI innovation, build robust AI infrastructure and assert leadership in international AI diplomacy and security. While the plan … Read more

AI-Powered Contract Analysis in M&A

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A variant of this post was published in Deal Points, the Newsletter of the Mergers and Acquisitions Committtee of the American Bar Association. In mergers and acquisitions, contracts form the backbone of transactions, governing crucial aspects such as liabilities, obligations, warranties and intellectual property rights. The thorough analysis of these contracts is a critical component … Read more