189 | 🕶️ 🤓. Zuckerberg's shades

In today’s Brainyacts:

1. Synthetic evidence

2. Meta’s AI Ray-Bans

3. Amazon avoiding copyright and other AI model news

4. Wendy’s Drive-Thru AI experience and other AI-related content

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Lead Memo

📑 🧑🏻‍⚖️ More lawyers, judges, and AI companies are facing the stark reality of the rise of synthetic evidence (aka deep fakes)

Technological Interventions

The introduction of Content Integrity tools by the likes of Microsoft marks a proactive approach to enhancing transparency in digital content. These tools enable the attachment of "Content Credentials" to media by the creator, indicating the origin, date, and any alterations made post-creation. This level of transparency is crucial not only for political campaigns and news organizations but also forms a potential bedrock for legal standards regarding the admissibility of digital evidence. Such tools reflect a growing trend of leveraging technology to fortify the truthfulness of digital media.

Check out The Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA). This is a group focused on developing technical standards for certifying the source and history (or provenance) of media content. Companies such as Adobe, Google, Intel, Microsoft, and others are involved.

Legal Adjustments and Challenges

The legal system's response to the rise of generative AI and deepfakes is notably cautious and varied. Federal judges are currently debating how to adapt evidence rules to accommodate the unique challenges posed by AI-generated content. The key concern is crafting a definition of AI that is precise enough to be enforceable yet flexible enough to stay relevant amidst rapid technological advancements. This reflects a broader judicial dilemma: balancing the need for comprehensive, robust laws against the risk of quickly outdated regulations due to the fast pace of technological change.

Related; there are already suggestions for changes to the Federal Rules of Evidence.

Reference articles:

• Microsoft to stop deep fakes with credentials

• Judges mull defining ‘moving target’ AI in evidence rules

• Deepfakes: GenAI making phony and real evidence harder to discern

Spotlight

🚀🤖 Meta’s AI Ray-Bans

You might have heard about these a few months ago. You might have had a flashback to Google Glasses and shuddered at the thought of a new version of this colossal failure of a product.

But wait, hear Mark (Zuckerberg) out, and watch this:

AI Model Notables

► The first meeting bot specifically for legal professionals, for use in depositions, hearings, and more.

► Ex-Amazon exec claims she was asked to ignore copyright law in race to AI.

► Microsoft has unveiled a new AI model that can generate a realistic video of a human face, talking, from an image and an audio clip.

► Microsoft launches Phi-3, its smallest AI model yet - capable of being running locally on a phone

► Apple's AI will work without an internet connection

► Apple has acquired the Paris-based artificial intelligence startup Datakalab amid its push to deliver on-device AI tools.

► OpenAI releases statement on commitment to child safety: adopting safety by design principles

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➭ How United Airlines uses AI to make flying the friendly skies a bit easier

➭ Deepfakes of Bollywood stars spark worries of AI meddling in India election 

➭ ChatGPT replacing human investment advisors isn’t a question of ‘when’ but ‘if

➭ Tech exec predicts ‘AI girlfriends’ will create $1B business: ‘Comfort at the end of the day’

➭ A new AI Think Tank launches to focus on optimistic development and uses of AI – The Abundance Institute

➭ 79% of Florida Bar members say AI should be “very closely regulated in the legal profession.”

➭ How Hollywood agents are addressing potential risks of AI for their clients

➭ Why LLMs are predicting the future of compliance and risk management

➭ Does the Department of Homeland Security have to disclose, under public record laws, every aspect of its employees' interactions with OpenAI?

Who is the author, Josh Kubicki?

Some of you know me. Others do not. Here is a short intro. I am a lawyer, entrepreneur, and teacher. I have transformed legal practices and built multi-million dollar businesses. Not a theorist, I am an applied researcher and former Chief Strategy Officer, recognized by Fast Company and Bloomberg Law for my unique work. Through this newsletter, I offer you pragmatic insights into leveraging AI to inform and improve your daily life in legal services.