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Key AI Developments to Watch This Year

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The Mind-Boggling Surge in AI-Generated Content

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What will be the impact on Internet usage when so much online content is artificially generated and often of low quality? In a sea of so-called "AI slop," how will consumers find authentic, human-authored works? And will human creators be able to compete with an infinite wave of works generated by AI at little or no cost? ...

As websites and online platforms increasingly rely on AI-generated content to attract and engage users, a looming legal question – one that any U.S. court has yet to address – is whether Section 230 provides any protection from claims arising from defamatory and other false information generated by AI tools. ...

Potential Decline in Quality of AI Output ...

Coming Plateau in AI Development? ...

The Debate Over AGI ...

Adoption of AI Tools Across Industries ...

Regulatory Landscape Under the Trump Administration ...

... Just three days after his inauguration, President Trump revoked the Biden administration’s Executive Order on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence. Less than three weeks later at the AI Action Summit, Vice President Vance reaffirmed the administration’s hands-off approach to AI regulation, warning global leaders that excessive regulation could cripple the AI industry.  ...

... we are already seeing states – especially blue states – pick up the regulatory mantle.  ...

Next-Generation AI Legal Issues ...

How to allocate liability for false information and other problematic outputs produced by AI-fueled chatbots? To what extent might an AI tool developer, or a company making available the AI tool to its customers, or the customers themselves, be liable for such outputs? There is already a Canadian court decision holding Air Canada liable where its online chatbot had negligently misrepresented the company’s bereavement fare policy; in this country, however, liability issues may be complicated by the extent to which Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act may provide protection for the output of generative AI tools.

... As these agents become more common, will they be “click accepting” or otherwise consenting to online contractual terms in the course of performing their tasks and, if so, to what extent will users by bound by such terms? ...

... in future copyright infringement suits, it may prove especially difficult to assess both ownership and the scope of protectable expression, leading to more fact-intensive inquiries (with a greater likelihood of jury trials) and higher litigation costs. ...

Concluding Thoughts ...

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