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Meesha Reiisieh & Newsha Nikfarjam
Nov 27, 2024
Case Dismissed! OpenAI and the Copyright Conundrum That Wasn’t
Credit: Photo by ilgmyzin on Unsplash OpenAI relies on publicly available data and human users’ feedback for reinforcement learning to...
Meesha Reiisieh, Kelsey Chaplinsky
Nov 27, 2024
Prime and Punishment: Prime Hydration and US Olympic's Brand Dispute
Credit: Ben Roberts Photo—Getty Images When is a brand’s marketing ambition too bold? Prime Hydration’s recent dispute with the U.S....
Kevin Shen, Qianxi Loo
Nov 27, 2024
End of Google-Verse? Remedy to Google's Search Monopoly
Credit: Wall Street Journal https://images.wsj.net/im-72352259/?size=1&width=2500 Update in DOJ’s case against Google on search monopoly...
Lauren Hibbert, Jonathan Long
Nov 27, 2024
Instagram Teen Accounts: Safeguard or Smokescreen?
Photo by Alexander Shatov on Unsplash So What Exactly are Instagram Teen Accounts? Instagram Teen Accounts will be automatically...
Will Devers, Lauren Hibbert, Kevin Shen
Nov 27, 2024
McDonald’s Ice Cream Machine is Finally Getting Fixed
Credit: BlueAzures/Shutterstock McDonald’s ice cream machines are so often broken that it has evolved into a chronic subject of memes and...
Astrid Souto, Will Devers, Newsha Nikfarjam
Oct 30, 2024
AI’s Impact on Political Elections and What California is Doing to Mitigate Misinformation
Photo by Phil Hearing on Unsplash 2024 is the first presidential election year in which Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) has widespread...
Lauren Hibbert and Kevin Shen
Apr 23, 2024
PropTech: The Rise of Tech in the Housing Sector
Credit: American Advisors Group | Flickr Introduction and the Emergence of PropTech From a significant subprime mortgage crisis that...
Emily Zhao and Astrid Souto
Apr 23, 2024
An Analysis of the EU AI Act: Risks v. Rewards
Artificial Intelligence (‘AI’) has already changed the way the world works through its ability to perform tasks that would normally...
Caroline Viola, Jack Casani
Apr 2, 2024
Tennessee's ELVIS Act is not feeling Burning Love from the Public
On March 21, 2024, Tennessee became the first state to enact legislation aiming to protect likeness, voice, and image rights from...
Zoe Philadelphia-Kossak, Amanda O'Dea
Apr 2, 2024
Children’s Online Privacy Rights and the Rise of Kidfluencers
I. Legal History of Children’s Privacy and Economic Rights In 1939, California enacted the Child Actors Bill, also called the Coogan Act,...
Nolan Yamada, Jack Casani, & Will Devers
Mar 5, 2024
Can You Wear the Apple Vision Pro While Driving?
Reality is calling, and it wants to know if extended reality headsets can be used while driving. While an obvious ‘no’ for most people,...
Caroline Viola, Meesha Reiisieh
Feb 6, 2024
Explicit AI-Generated Images of Taylor Swift Circulate; Can She Sue for Defamation?
Credit: Ronald S Woan | Wikimedia Commons As proof of why we can’t have nice things, at least dozens of sexually-explicit, deepfake,...
Sion Yans, Kevin Shen, and Will Devers
Nov 21, 2023
The Price of Comfort: Subscription-Based Car Features?
Credit: Sergeant Motor Verso | Flickr What are Subscription-Based Car Features? Auto manufacturers are experimenting with a subscription...
Tangled Tunes: Unraveling the Legal Web of AI-Created Music
Credit: The Come Up Show | Flickr Intro: In April 2023, TikTok user ghostwriter977 uploaded a song titled “Heart on My Sleeve” that was...
Nolan Yamada, Angie Wong, Jack Casani
Nov 21, 2023
Catfished by Code: The New Wave of AI Dating App Scams
“I got fake people showing fake love to me… I can tell that love is fake…” Fake Love by Drake The struggle to find love in the age of...
Nicole Poirot, Caroline Viola, Amber Chapman
Oct 31, 2023
California Age Appropriate Design Code Act Blocked by Federal Judge
Credit: Ivan Radic | Flickr Children's privacy is growing rapidly as legislatures worldwide endeavor to make the Internet safer for...
Robotaxis: Bright Road Ahead or Dead End?
Credit: Courtesy of Waymo Intro Autonomous vehicle (AV) taxis are becoming increasingly prevalent in major cities across the country....
Caroline Viola and Nolan Yamada
Sep 5, 2023
Using ChatGPT in Product Development Poses Unresolved Risks for Trade Secrets and Copyright
What is ChatGPT, and how does it learn? ChatGPT is an AI-powered chatbot developed by the software company, OpenAI. The chatbot uses a...
Andrew Braswell, Erick Arevalo, Jason Cowan
Apr 27, 2023
Problematic Pornography: Deep Fakes and the Dark Side of AI
As AI technology continues to advance, so must the Court’s interpretation of free speech and protection for those harmed by it.
Jack Casani, Ethan Peters
Apr 13, 2023
What is the Inflation Reduction Act?
Approximately $400 billion of the federal funding is directed toward clean energy, clean transportation, and electric-vehicle incentives.
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