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Cost-Effective Electronic Legal Research: AI and ChatGPT

Introduction

On April 17, 2024, Rebecca Fordon, a law librarian from The Ohio State University, gave a CLE session at the Franklin County Law Library entitled AI in Legal Practice.

Handout from 4/17/24 CLE

AI in Legal Practice

Rebecca Fordon Named to vLex Fastcase 50 Class of 2024

Ethics Opinion

ABA Formal Opinion 512
Lawyers Must Have Reasonable Understanding of AI Technology, But Need Not Become Experts
7/30/24

Links

AI and Legal Education Survey Results 2024
ABA Task Force on Law and Artificial Intelligence
AI Safety: UK and US sign landmark agreement
BBC 4/2/24
Bing Chat
Can AI be used ethically for school work? Here’s what teachers say
PCWorld 8/20/24
Education tech policy groups call on federal officials for AI guidance
States scoop 9/20/23 says schools are using AI to limit what students can see on the internet.
‘Game of Thrones’ creator and other authors sue ChatGPT-maker OpenAI for copyright infringement
AP News 9/21/23
Grammarly enters the AI content war with a new anti-cheating tool
PCWorld 8/14/24
Here’s Proof You Can Train an AI Model Without Slurping Copyrighted Content
Wired 3/20/24
Introducing ChatGPT
Try ChatGPT here.
The Good and Bad of ChatGPT in Schools
Wired 3/9/23
Law Schools Split on ChatGPT in Admissions Essays
Inside Higher Education 8/4/23
OpenAI is rolling out a game-changing feature to ChatGPT this week that could revolutionize how we use the internet
Business Insider 5/15/23 Paid version of ChatGPT can now search the internet.
Schools are teaching ChatGPT, so students aren’t left behind
CNN Business 8/19/23
Using AI to Comply With Book Bans Makes Those Laws More Dangerous
Just Security 10/3/23

Video of 4/17/24 CLE

Executive Order

President Biden Issues Executive Order on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence
Whitehouse.gov 10/30/23

Articles

AI, Lawyers, and the Courts
Megan Boyd, Georgia State University College of Law, Legal Studies Research Paper, Forthcoming (2024)
AI Tools for Lawyers: A Practical Guide
Daniel Schwarcz and Jonathan Choi, 108 Minnesota Law Review Headnotes 1 (2023)

Of Practice Directives & Legal Citation Guides A Brief Reflection on Citing Generative AI “Sources” & Content
AALL Spectrum, Jan/Feb. 2024, article by Dominique Garingan on how to cite AI.

International

Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence and amending Regulations (EC) No 300/2008, (EU) No 167/2013, (EU) No 168/2013, (EU) 2018/858, (EU) 2018/1139 an
Eurolex
A Detailed Analysis of Article 50 of the EU's Artificial Intelligence Act
Thomas Gils, Chapter to appear in an upcoming commentary on the EU AI Act (Q3-4 2024).
Urgent Action Needed to Stop AI Developers From ‘Destroying’ Artists’ Careers, Says U.K. Parliament Committee
Billboard, 5/1/24

Cases

Alter v. OpenAI
Authors Guild v. OpenAI (9/19/23)
Class action copyright infringement lawsuit
Andreessen Horowitz would like everyone to stop talking about AI's copyright issues, please
Business Insider 11/7/23
Authors sue Anthropic for training AI using pirated books
The Verge 8/20/24
Daily News v. Microsoft
Eight newspapers sue OpenAI, Microsoft for copyright infringement 4/30/24
New York Times v. Microsoft, OpenAI, etc.
2023 federal lawsuit claims various AI companies have violated the copyright of the New York Times.
Thousands of authors sign letter urging AI makers to stop stealing books
TechCrunch 7/18/23
Thomson Reuters v. Ross (2023)
The case will go to trial.
Two OpenAI book lawsuits partially dismissed by California court
The Guardian 2/14/24

Copyright Office Guidance

Copyright Registration Guidance: Works Containing Material Generated by Artificial Intelligence
AI's role in creating the content needs to be disclosed on the copyright application
Report on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence, Part 1 Digital Replicas
Copyright Office, published 7/31/24

Comments to Copyright Office

Copyright Clearing Center's response to the Copyright Office's request for comment on AI
11/1/23 Suggests that AI models are being trained with unlawfully obtained copyrighted material

Other LibGuides

ChatGPT and Bing Chat Generative AI Legal Research Guide
University of Arizona Law School Library
Generative AI Resources for Berkeley Law Faculty & Staff
Student Guide to ChatGPT
Suffolk University Law School Library