A Recent Case of AI Psychosis
Examining the Tragic Case of Jonathan Gavalas and the Growing Legal Debate Over AI Psychosis and Product Liability.
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Opinion | Ghost in the Machine: AI Griefbots and their Ethical Implications
Aaron M. Spitler, a researcher in technology and society, discusses the emerging phenomenon of AI griefbots and how policymakers should respond.
The International Enforcement of Children’s Data Privacy Rights in a World Without a Shared Jurisdiction
Protecting the digital child requires a coordinated global response that mirrors the global reach of major technology companies. Only through such mechanisms can children’s data-privacy rights evolve from aspirational norms into enforceable guarantees.
Who is in the Hot Seat when No One is in the Driver’s Seat? How Self-Driving Cars Present a Difficult Question of Personal Liability
Automated vehicles with automated driving abilities have become a far more common sight recently. Regardless of who or what may be at fault for accidents involving autonomous cars, it is clear that the law on the subject will have to soon address this issue.
The Digital Dark Web Underworld Mysteries: A Lawyer’s Sanctuary in Elysium or Sentence in Tartarus?
Despite its name, reputation, and association as the criminal underworld alluding to Greek mythology, the Dark Web has multiple layers of purposes utilized by civilians in different roles.
Daring to go digital: drivers’ licenses get an upgrade
With the advent of new technology, the traditional plastic driver’s license could become a relic of the past.
Predictive policing: where scientific fact meets science fiction
As data-based software becomes increasingly popular in both the streets and the courtroom, some have raised concerns that such software will soon replace common sense and even perhaps, due process.
Is Bitcoin money? Not in Florida.
Judge Teresa Mary Pooler from Florida’s Eleventh Judicial Circuit dismissed money laundering charges against Michell Espinoza because Bitcoin is not money.
Suit claims that Uber’s pricing algorithm is an alleged antitrust violation and a form of price-fixing
Joining a pending class action for employee misclassification, another lawsuit is filed against Uber for alleged price fixing violating antitrust laws.
“Panama Papers” becomes largest data leak to date
After the release of over 11 million confidential documents, several world leaders and well-known organizations are having their financial practices closely scrutinized.
Update on Safe Harbor
The European Union and the United States have reached a temporary agreement to deal with the falling out of Safe Harbor and the distrust in transatlantic data flows.
Anonymous: The Masked Vigilante
The “hacker collective”, Anonymous, is known for promoting free speech and individual’s rights. Despite this reputation, their specific targets call into question their actual motives and protection of First Amendment rights.
Strange Bedfellows: Apple, terrorists, the FBI, and really old law
The issue of whether Apple must provide the FBI with software needed to obtain data from the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino attackers has entered the court system.
U.S. Is No Longer a Safe Harbor for EU Data
Safe Harbor, the agreement that allowed free exchange of data with EU countries, has been declared invalid by the European Union Court of Justice.
Evolving Threats to Recovering Losses from Investments on Foreign Exchanges
United States courts no longer apply Security Act claims to purchases of securities exchanges abroad, therefore investors should be cautious when engaging in foreign securities exchanges.