Intellectual Property (IP), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Open Movements (OM)

Issues and developments related to IP, AI, and OM. My Bloomsbury book "Ethics, Information, and Technology" will be published in January 2026 and includes chapters on IP, AI, OM, and other emerging technologies (IoT, drones, robots, autonomous vehicles, VR/AR). Preorders are available via this webpage: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/ethics-information-and-technology-9781440856662/

US patent office wants an AI to scan for prior art, but doesn't want to pay for it; The Register, June 20, 2025

Excruciating reason Utah lawyer presented FAKE case in court after idiotic blunder; Daily Mail, May 31, 2025

A.I.-Generated Reading List in Chicago Sun-Times Recommends Nonexistent Books; The New York Times, May 21, 2025

Anthropic’s law firm throws Claude under the bus over citation errors in court filing; The Register, May 15, 2025

Anthropic expert accused of using AI-fabricated source in copyright case; Reuters, May 13, 2025

DeepSeek has ripped away AI’s veil of mystique. That’s the real reason the tech bros fear it; The Observer via The Guardian, February 2, 2025

Beyond ChatGPT: WVU researchers to study use and ethics of artificial intelligence across disciplines; WVU Today, January 22, 2025

Apple sidelines AI news summaries due to errors; Japan Today, January 17, 2025

Elon Musk says all human data for AI training ‘exhausted’; The Guardian, January 9, 2025

How Hallucinatory A.I. Helps Science Dream Up Big Breakthroughs; The New York Times, December 23, 2024

OpenAI makes AI video generator Sora publicly available in US; The Guardian, December 9, 2024

Fake Cases, Real Consequences [No digital link as of 10/1/24]; ABA Journal, Oct./Nov. 2024 Issue

New ABA Rules on AI and Ethics Shows the Technology Is 'New Wine in Old Bottles'; The Law Journal Editorial Board via Law.com, August 16, 2024

Using AI to Create Content? Watch Out for Copyright Violations; Chicago Business Attorney Blog, June 20, 2024

‘This Is Going to Be Painful’: How a Bold A.I. Device Flopped; The New York Times, June 6, 2024

Hallucination-Free? Assessing the Reliability of Leading AI Legal Research Tools; Stanford University, 2024

US intelligence agencies’ embrace of generative AI is at once wary and urgent; Associated Press, May 23, 2024