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How China’s DeepSeek is Disrupting the A.I. Landscape
What is DeepSeek? In December 2024, Chinese startup DeepSeek shook up the AI landscape with its open-source model V3, claiming to match U.S. competitors while requiring far less computing power.[1] Led by Liang Wenfeng, the company quickly emerged as a challenger to OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini.[2] When DeepSeek released its reasoning-focused R1 model on … Continue Reading
Cryptocurrency and Law: 2024 Outlook
[originally published April 30, 2024] With the rise in trade of cryptocurrencies since 2020, the United States Government has introduced multiple bills to place guardrails on the emerging cryptocurrency sector as a security asset. The Responsible Financial Innovation Act (RFIA) provided regulatory clarity for supervising agencies and a basic tax structure as a bipartisan effort … Continue Reading
Generative Artificial Intelligence: The Necessity for Establishing a Legal Framework
[originally published October 17, 2023] The emergence of artificial intelligence as a buzzword––catapulted by newly available generative AI algorithms for public usage such as ChatGPT––has brought learning algorithms to the forefront of public attention.[1] Artificial intelligence (AI) is an umbrella term for computers that are trained to perform specific tasks; to be clear, we do … Continue Reading
How the FTC Noncompete Ban Impacts Big Tech
[originally published June 5, 2024] The FTC proposed a rule that narrowly passed to ban most employers from using noncompete clauses in hiring.[1] While it does not go into effect immediately (in about 120 days), this approval will have massive implications on the job market, economy, and overall regulation practices moving forward.[2] Noncompete clauses are … Continue Reading
Algorithmic Price Fixing and Antitrust
[originally published June 24, 2024] On May 22, 2024, the FBI raided Cortland Management’s headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia.[1] Cortland is a property management monolith, renting out over 85,000 units in thirteen states, and is currently under investigation for fixing the rent prices of their units via algorithm provided by RealPage, a software and consulting firm.[2] … Continue Reading
Do you own your cells? Genomics and Privacy Laws
[originally published June 12, 2024] We are all tired of seeing the “accept all cookies” or “do not share or sell my personal data” options when we visit websites. Sometimes we might go through and “deny” every option, and other times out of laziness or indifference, we just select “accept all” to save ourselves the … Continue Reading
Artificial Intelligence and Data Privacy
Introduction Samuel Warren and Louis Brandeis proffered the concept of an individual’s protection in his “full person” not just that of his property; “a man’s house is his castle,” and there’s also a man’s “right to be let alone.”[1] Warren and Brandeis once said, “[r]ecent inventions and business methods call attention to the next step … Continue Reading
The Positive “Impact” of Fan-Friendly Copyright Policies on Fan-Made Merchandise: A Case Study of Genshin Impact
Introduction The video game industry has grown immensely over the past few decades. From creating a more global presence in society with esports, to video games being picked up by production companies and adapted into movies, tv shows, and animations. All of these successful endeavors were made possible because of the support of fans. The … Continue Reading
Who Owns It? Who Made It? The Confusing Treatment of Works of Authorship Produced by Artificial Intelligence
Introduction There is a notorious thought experiment called the Infinite Monkey Theorem: if you give one billion typewriters to one billion monkeys and instruct them all to tap the keys rapidly and randomly, at least one of them with nearly 100% probability will type up the complete works of William Shakespeare at some point before … Continue Reading
Future of Mobile Applications’ Privacy through the lens of CPRA
Where would we be without the advancements made in the past ten years? Most people use technology as a means to simplify their life; from waking up to the gentle chiming from their Bedtime application (“app”)[1] on their iPhone, listening to the latest NPR news update, using the Waze app to figure out the shortcuts … Continue Reading