Earlier this month, the Nebraska Attorney General sued General Motors LLC (“GM”) and OnStar LLC (“OnStar”) for their role in collecting, processing, and selling the data of Nebraska residents without sufficient notice and consent. The suit alleges that GM collected and sold data regarding the driving habits of their customers, […]
Technology & Intellectual Property Update
Shopper’s Paradise or Nightmare?: The Implications of AI Shopping Agents and Agentic Payments
By now, most people are accustomed to – or at least have some familiarity with – static artificial intelligence (AI) agents such as ChatGPT and Copilot, which have seen widespread use for tasks like answering search engine questions or summarizing a meeting. However, a new AI tool is emerging that […]
The Cost of Ignoring Privacy Rights
The Attorney General in Connecticut announced a settlement with an organization for continued violations of the Connecticut Data Privacy Act[1] (“CTDPA”). In a settlement with TicketNetwork, the Connecticut AG reported that it had sent a cure notice in November of 2023 to the company, which provided that the company’s privacy […]
US Copyright Office Addresses the Use of Copyrighted Works to Train AI
“When AI learns from the internet’s vast library, it doesn’t always ask permission – raising thorny legal questions about whether machines can infringe copyrights just by trying to think like us.” ChatGPT drafted the first sentence of this article, and it did so by pulling from the internet’s existing pool […]
The New TAKE IT DOWN Act
The new TAKE IT DOWN Act, which is an acronym for “Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks Act” (the “Act”), was signed into law on May 19th. The Act fills a need to allow victims of sexual exploitation or extortion, or victims of […]