Plaintiffs sued defendant Roblox asserting various claims, including under RICO and California unfair competition law. Plaintiffs also claimed that Roblox was negligent by providing a system whereby minors were lured into online gambling.
Roblox moved to dismiss the negligence claim for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted. The court denied
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VIDEO: AI and Voice Clones – Tennessee enacts the ELVIS Act
Generative AI enables people to clone other peoples’ voices. And that can lead to fraud, identity theft, or intellectual property infringement.
On March 21, 2024, Tennessee enacted new law called the ELVIS Act that seeks to tackle this problem. What does the law say?
The law adds a person’s voice to the list of…
Section 230 immunity protected provider of ringless voicemail services to telemarketers
Defendant telecommunication services provider provided ringless voicemail services and VoIP services to telemarketers. These services enabled telemarketers to mass deliver prerecorded messages directly to recipients’ voicemail inboxes without causing the recipients’ phones to ring or giving recipients the opportunity to answer or block the call.
The federal government sued a couple of telemarketers and defendant…
New Jersey judiciary taking steps to better understand Generative AI in the practice of law
We are seeing the state of New Jersey take strides to make “safe and effective use of Generative AI” in the practice of law. The state’s judiciary’s Acting Administrative Director recently sent an email to New Jersey attorneys acknowledging the growth of Generative AI in the practice of law, recognizing its positive and negative uses.…
Lawyer gets called out a second time for using ChatGPT in court brief
You may recall the case of Park v. Kim, wherein the Second Circuit excoriated an attorney for using ChatGPT to generate a brief that contained a bunch of fake cases. Well, the same lawyer responsible for that debacle has been found out again, this time in a case where she is the pro se…
AI and voice clones: Three things to know about Tennessee’s ELVIS Act
On March 21, 2024, the governor of Tennessee signed the ELVIS Act (the Ensuring Likeness, Voice, and Image Security Act of 2024) which is aimed at the problem of people using AI to simulate voices in a way not authorized by the person whose voice is being imitated.
Here are three key things to know…
Great time earlier this week on AI Inside
Had a great time earlier this week being on Episode 9 of Jason Howell’s and Jeff Jarvis‘s (relatively) new podcast AI Inside. We talked about AI regulation – Utah’s new statute and the EU AI Act. Be sure to check out aiinside.show. Video of Episode 9 below.
VIDEO: What is the Apple antitrust lawsuit about?
On March 21, 2024, the U.S. government, 15 states and the District of Columbia filed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple. What is the case about?
The government says Apple built a dominant iPhone ecosystem, driving its high valuation. But Apple faced threats from other products, particularly Android devices. And in response, it didn’t offer lower…
Bitcoin miner denied injunction against colocation service provider accused of removing rigs
Plaintiff Bitcoin miner sued defendant colocation hosting provider for breach of contract, conversion, and trespass to chattels under Washington law. After filing suit, plaintiff filed a motion for temporary restraining order against defendant, seeking to require defendant to restore plaintiff’s access to the more than 1,000 mining rigs that defendant allegedly removed from its hosting…
Woz gets another (small) bite at the apple in YouTube bitcoin scam case
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak sued YouTube and Google asserting various causes of action, including misappropriation of likeness, fraud, and negligence. The case arose from a common scam on YouTube, where popular channels are hijacked to show fake videos of a celebrity hosting a live event during which viewers are falsely told that anyone who sends…