March-May 2023 Updates on AI & Law / Technology Policy

Tailor-made insights and updates on AI & Law / Technology Policy

Aug 26, 2023

Here is a list of reads and insights we had shared exclusively with ISAIL members and subscribers, from March to May 2023:

[Open Magazine] Artificial Intelligence Is Like Allopathy

[TechCrunch] China's ChatGPT rival Baidu Ernie is off to a rough start

[Visual Legal Analytica] The Digital India Act and the Strategic Partnership on ICETs

[Visual Legal Analytica] Google & the Indian Android Device Ecosystem: Antitrust Issues

[CNN] Elon Musk and other tech leaders call for pause in ‘out of control’ AI race

[Observer Research Foundation] Technopoly and its Discontents

Strange Loop Canon

Artificial General Intelligence and how (much) to worry about it

This post is the encapsulation of my thoughts on AGI evolution, which I’ve variously written about eg here and here. Feel free to just check out the equation and skip to the last section if you’d rather cut to the chase and start the debate. There is a persistent worry amongst smart folks about the creation of smart and capable artificial intelligences, …

3 years ago · 44 likes · 27 comments · Rohit Krishnan

[BlueSkyWeb] The AT Protocol

Here is an interview with Mr Ankit Sahni, IP law expert, on the copyright concerns on the use of Generative AI tools, like ChatGPT, those in art and music and others.

[Bloomberg] $335,000 Pay for ‘AI Whisperer’ Jobs Appears in Red-Hot Market

Here is an interesting article by Hasmukh Adhia.

Here’s some stat by Statista:

Here is an interesting write-up co-authored by Sanjeev Sanyal:

[Tech Radar] Samsung workers made a major error by using ChatGPT

[The Information] Sequoia and Other U.S.-Backed VCs Are Funding China’s Answer to OpenAI

An interesting insight on AI use in the Indian subcontinent by Pranesh Prakash:

[VLiGTA, Indic Pacific] A New Report on Artificial Intelligence Hype, VLiGTA-TR-001

Here’s an interesting LinkedIn Post on Generative AI and cybersecurity.

Source: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/martin-ciupa-76418b17_for-those-who-think-g-aillms-pose-no-serious-activity-7050819261618884608-HANA/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios — Source: **LinkedIn**

Will AI really be able to take away jobs and affect cycles of innovation? I have analysed some tangible (and not hyped) possibilities with a legal perspective for Visual Legal Analytica. Do read.

If you use Google Scholar, you can find the past articles of our Journal, the Indian Journal on Artificial Intelligence and Law cited. :)

These were interviews we had conducted with accomplished law professionals in 2021.

An intriguing piece by Bibek Debroy:

Here is an accurate translation of China's Generative AI Services Rules (draft). Feel free to read and share. An excerpt of Article 7 of the provision is provided here.

It is now possible to codify and automate tax law norms and procedure in the form of a programming language. You can read this article for Visual Legal Analytica.

An interesting LinkedIn post by Prof J Mark Bishop:

[PhilSci Archive] Against AI Understanding and Sentience: Large Language Models, Meaning, and the Patterns of Human Language Use

[MIT Technology Review] How AI could write our laws

This is some stat about the total research produced by ISAIL in the past 2-3 years.

You can read the full report here.

[The Indian Express] Why are more core engineering students opting for non-engineering jobs? IIT Bombay professor explains

Some trivia folks.

In 2020 - ISAIL had conducted the first ever Indian Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Law.

Mr Sanjay Notani, ELP, was elected as the first President of our first democratically elected AI General Assembly.

You can the list of reports, publications and resolutions we had produced in 1 conference. :)

Here is the YouTube Playlist of all panels we had conducted.

[IndoCon playlist]

An interesting Tweet by Varun Mayya:

Some update on sound trademarks too.

[NYUJLib] Demystifying Silicon Valley Bank’s Failure: A High-Tech Version of an Old-Fashioned Bank Run

"Legal Education in India: Need for a Revamp?" for The Contemporary Law Forum.

[Clingendael] STRATEGIC TECH COOPERATION BETWEEN THE EU AND INDIA

[Kailash Nadh] This time, it feels different

A glimpse of VLiGTA-TR-002:

[ACM] AI-Tech Stack Model

[HuggingFace] Drag Your GAN: Interactive Point-based Manipulation on the Generative Image Manifold

[The Street] Elon Musk Sends a Warning to Microsoft

Alarming and interesting stats on Open source software developed by China:

The e-commerce section of the VLiGTA App is now active. You can purchase our books through our e-commerce store - both digital and paperback.

You can also purchase some publications for free of cost, which would be available for 60 days.

[Arxiv] LMs with a Voice: Spoken Language Modeling beyond Speech Tokens

VLiGTA-TR-002 is a comprehensive legal analysis on various use cases and legal risks attached to generative AI tools.
The report has covered a lot of legal issues including:
1. Antitrust - competition law
2. IP and proprietary issues
3. Pseudonymous disruption - employment law
4. Data protection risks
The complete report is available on the VLiGTA App.

[Arxiv] The False Promise of Imitating Proprietary LLMs

A funny tweet by Daniel Feldman: