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If you are under investigation, facing a lawsuit, or thinking about hiring a lawyer, you have probably wondered whether you can use ChatGPT, Claude, or another AI chatbot to help you think through your case. A federal judge has now weighed in on that question, and the answer is one that anyone using AI to work through a legal problem should understand. In short: at least one federal court has held that conversations with a public AI chatbot may not be private or privileged, and may be discoverable in litigation. The law in this area is still developing, and other […]

On December 11, 2025, President Trump signed Executive Order 14365, titled “Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence.” The order seeks to establish a unified federal approach to regulating artificial intelligence (AI), aiming to prevent what the administration calls a “patchwork” of state laws that could hinder innovation and impose excessive compliance costs. After rescinding the prior administration’s comprehensive 2023 executive order on AI governance, Executive Order 14110 (titled “Executive Order on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence”), in January, President Trump’s executive order constitutes the current administration’s latest effort to supersede regulation of AI […]

The term “artificial intelligence” is no longer confined to the pages of science fiction or the runtime of Blade Runner. But don’t let that fool you. AI has been a part of our lives longer than you may realize. From email automations to voice command search tools like Alexa or Siri, AI has become a prevalent and useful facet of technology. Over the past five years however, the emergence of generative AI models like ChatGPT, Midjourney, and DALLE has begged new ethical and legal questions, and the intellectual property considerations of both AI programs and their outputs are reaching a […]

Article originally published by Bloomberg Law: AI Standing Orders Proliferate as Federal Courts Forge Own Paths (bloomberglaw.com) Reproduced with permission. Published Nov. 8, 2023. Copyright 2023 Bloomberg Industry Group 800-372-1033. For further use please visit https://www.bloombergindustry.com/copyright-and-usage-guidelines-copyright Gentry Locke’s Jessiah Hulle surveys federal courts’ ever-expanding guidance on artificial intelligence, and finds that, for now, courts are experimenting with varied approaches to the new technology. Federal courts nationwide are weighing in on how artificial intelligence can be used in court filings, and they’re exploring different approaches to address issues such as disclosure, accuracy, and ethical duties. A comprehensive review of 196 federal […]