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Heading to the BiomedAI conference next week at Nova Law School in Lisbon, where I will discuss, among other topics, the latest news on the litigation cases in the US involving Generative AI.

I also anticipate briefly touching upon the topic of my next law review article which will involve Generative AI and Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act, which states that “no provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider.”

See https://novalaw.unl.pt/en/summer-school-biomedai/

Την επόμενη εβδομάδα θα βρίσκομε στο συνέδριο BiomedAI στη Νομική Σχολή Nova στη Λισαβόνα, όπου θα συζητήσω, μεταξύ άλλων θεμάτων, τα τελευταία νέα σχετικά με τις δικαστικές υποθέσεις στις ΗΠΑ που αφορούν την τεχνητή νοημοσύνη (Generative AI).

Θα θίξω επίσης, εν συντομία, το θέμα του επόμενου άρθρου μου που θα περιλαμβάνει την τεχνητή νοημοσύνη (Generative AI) και το Άρθρο 230 του Αμερικανικού Νόμου περί ευπρέπειας επικοινωνιών του 1996, ότι «κανένας πάροχος ή χρήστης μιας δια δραστικής υπηρεσίας υπολογιστή δεν θα αντιμετωπίζεται ως εκδότης ή ομιλητής οποιασδήποτε πληροφορίας παρέχεται από άλλο πάροχο πληροφοριών.»

Summer School BiomedAI BioMed-AI Summer School From 11 to 13 September NOVA School of Law, with whatnext.law, is partnering with the Biomedical Research Foundation Academy of Athens for the second edition of the Biomed-AI Summer School, which this year will take place in Lisbon on 11, 12 and 13 September.This partnership....

Judge Kevin Newsom of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit recently brilliantly detailed how his “[i]nitial efforts to pinpoint the ordinary meaning of the term “landscaping” left me feeling frustrated and stuck, and ultimately led me—initially half-jokingly, later more seriously—to wonder whether ChatGPT and other AI-powered large language models (“LLMs”) might provide a helping hand.”

He looked at the definition in several dictionaries, including Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, Oxford Dictionary of English, Dictionary.com, but came to the conclusion that “[i]t was tough to discern a single controlling criterion.” He thereafter asked his law clerk to look up the ordinary meaning of landscaping on ChatGPT and got the following response: ““Landscaping” refers to the process of altering the visible features of an area of land, typically a yard, garden or outdoor space, for aesthetic or practical purposes. This can include activities such as planting trees, shrubs, flowers, or grass, as well as installing paths, fences, water features, and other elements to enhance the appearance and functionality of the outdoor space.”

What the judge then stated in his decision is that ChatGPT’s explanation “[s]eemed more sensible than I had thought it might—and definitely less nutty than I had feared.” The Judge posed the same query in Google’s Bard/Gemini and concluded: “But my own process of working through the plain-language issue was a valuable one, if only because it got me thinking about what was to me a previously unimaginable possibility: Might LLMs be useful in the interpretation of legal texts?”

This is pretty amazing as the Judge then detailed the entire exercise “to inform ordinary-meaning analyses of legal instruments.”

I will not detail here the entire opinion, but I can surely conclude that Generative AI platforms are here to stay, will become exceedingly useful and utilized by all of us. The bigger question for us is how we can control the input so that the narrative that the Generative AIs spit out is widely accepted and socially responsible. As my baker father used to say, if you want to bake a great loaf of bread, you need to wake up early, select your ingredients carefully and then mix them all properly so that what ends up on the shelf is a product you are proud to sell to your customers.

The opinion of the Judge is attached here.
https://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/files/202212581.pdf

media.ca11.uscourts.gov

Great event organized by the Journal of High Technology Law at Suffolk University Law School in Boston.

https://www.linkedin.com/company/journal-of-high-technology-law-at-suffolk-university/posts/?feedView=all

I am happy to publish the Moot Court problem for the Boston International Innovation Moot Competition (www.innovationmoot.com). This year's problem has a lot of interesting issues which involve IP/copyright, AI, the practice of law and the oath of an AI.

The 4th Boston International Innovation Moot will be held virtually in early 2025 as we are building a community on the Metaverse. More details to follow soon.

Grateful for the work of my two co-directors, Malwina Anna Wojcik and Frederic Simon Augustyn and all the members of the Board of Advisors that assisted us in this effort.
https://www.innovationmoot.com/_files/ugd/c189d5_e5d1988785fc429a968b70ef6280703e.pdf

www.innovationmoot.com