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A court clerk assists a visitor at Santa Barbara County Superior Court.Issue 55Lost in translationRead →John Joseph Moakley U.S. Courthouse in Boston.Issue 54AI evidence rules remain unsettledRead →Shmuley Boteach speaking into a microphone at a 2014 event.Issue 53‘America’s Rabbi’ Is Fighting for His PromptsRead →A ChatGPT billboard on a building in San Francisco beneath a cloudy blue sky.Issue 52Mathematics D-Day; Hacking Korean Finance; Claude Gets Basic RespectRead →A Flock Safety license-plate reader mounted beneath a solar panel against a blue sky.Issue 51Judge Rejects Warrantless Plate Tracking; Claude Chats Reach PoliceRead →An AI-generated likeness of Christopher Pelkey in the video played at sentencing.Issue 50AI Victim Video Upends Sentence; California Sets Rules for LawyersRead →The east courtroom at the Howard M. Metzenbaum U.S. Courthouse in Cleveland.Issue 49AI Evidence Rules Return; OpenAI Reviews Incidents; Love Songs in CourtRead →A U.S. Diplomatic Security Service forensic examiner works with a mobile device.Issue 48Feds Charge Forensics Executives; Ohio Sets Drone Rules; Copilot in CourtRead →The Byron White U.S. Courthouse in Denver, home of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.Issue 47Tenth Circuit Weighs AI Rule; Z.ai Grabs Users’ Code; AI Training GapRead →OpenAI logo on a phone resting across a laptop keyboard.Issue 46Misbehaving AIRead →Jacob Coxon appearing on Fox News beneath the headline Development Danger.Issue 45Four Months on the Job, Then a Media TourRead →The empty New Mexico Supreme Court bench in Santa Fe.Issue 44Murder Appeal Disrupted by Hallucinations, Pt. IIRead →Entrance to the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse in Manhattan.Issue 43Uh Oh, ProsecutorsRead →Close-up view of a Flock Safety automated license plate reader mounted above a road sign against a blue sky.Issue 42Mass. Flock ExodusRead →Two Flock Safety automated license plate reader cameras mounted beneath a solar panel beside a road.Issue 41Texas Cuts Off Flock; Judges Using AI; Synthetic CSAM ArrestsRead →A close-up view of a Skydio drone flying against a blue sky.Issue 40Counter-Droning TennisRead →A Flock Safety automated license plate reader camera mounted beneath a solar panel against a blue sky.Issue 39Flock’s Bad WeekRead →Cambridge City Hall in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with its clock tower rising above the main entrance.Issue 38ShotSpotter, Too?Read →Column chart showing U.S. launch and list prices for NVIDIA 6000-class workstation GPUs rising from $4,650 in December 2020 to $16,000 in August 2026.Issue 37Dearth of Drone Law; Local Machines, Local ModelsRead →Supplement 09Federal and State Drone RulingsRead →Bar chart showing the new drone tariffs by category: 100 percent for sensitive drones, 25 percent for smaller drones and parts, 15 percent for specified allies, and 10 percent for qualifying United Kingdom products.Issue 36Fresh Tariffs on Drones; Cyber Risk WideningRead →Timeline chart using the OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta logos to show when their reported cybersecurity incidents became public: July 21, July 30 and August 6, 2026.Issue 35Breaking the Internet Bonds; Municipal MalwareRead →Polling chart showing that Americans see promise in medical AI but remain wary: 60 percent would be uncomfortable with AI in their own healthcare, 40 percent think it would reduce provider mistakes, and 75 percent worry providers will move too fast.Issue 34AI Listening to Depositions; Shakeup at DeepMindRead →Horizontal bar chart showing notable AI models since 2023 by the originating organization’s country: 228 for the United States, 109 for China, 14 for South Korea, 10 each for France and the United Kingdom, and 9 for Singapore.Issue 33DNA Files at Risk; Five Louisiana AI Laws Take HoldRead →Bar chart comparing the token counts of five named English editions: the King James Bible, the Pickthall Quran, the Edwin Arnold Bhagavad Gita, the Max Muller Dhammapada and the James Legge Tao Te Ching.Issue 32Water Systems Attacked; xAI Tests Another Legal FrontRead →Bar chart comparing Kirkland and Ellis's planned $500 million internal AI build with single 2026 funding rounds for four businesses that combine AI software and legal services: $120 million for Norm AI and Norm Law, and $60 million each for Crosby, Manifest OS and Manifest Law, and Lawhive.Issue 31AI Preemption in Texas; Agents on the Non-Emergency LineRead →Supplement 08Police Non-Emergency Call IntakeRead →Horizontal bar chart comparing how long selected mathematics problems remained unresolved, highlighting Anthropic Fable and OpenAI GPT-5.6 Sol on the two problems resolved in 2026.Issue 30Peeking Behind the Report-Writing Curtain; Transcript TroubleRead →List of the 13 technologies covered by the ACLU of Massachusetts model discovery motions, plus one generalized motion for tools not yet identified.Issue 29Motion Bank for MA Defenders; Body Cam TranslatesRead →Bar chart showing the leading uses of AI chatbots for news across 45 markets in 2026: follow-up questions, latest news, summaries, source-reliability checks and easier explanations.Issue 28User Sued by xAI; UAE Whitelisted for AI ExportsRead →Bar chart showing maximum unified memory in Apple Ultra chips rising from 128 gigabytes in the M1 Ultra to a rumored 1.5 terabytes in the M7 Ultra.Issue 27Hash-Match Split Deepens; CJIS 6.1 ArrivesRead →Chart comparing Illinois and proposed federal reporting deadlines for critical AI safety incidents: 72 hours under Illinois law, 15 days under the federal discussion draft, and 24 hours under both for an imminent risk of death or serious injury.Issue 26Robotaxis at Emergency Scenes; Two AI Incident ClocksRead →Chart showing 3,558 SFPD drone deployments from January through May 2026, with monthly totals ranging from 678 to 776.Issue 25More States Adding AI Ethics Rules; San Francisco Drone DeploysRead →Chart showing how many full copies of classic law-school opinions fit inside a one-million-token AI context window.Issue 24U.S. Lifts Export Controls; Token-Counting International ShoeRead →Chart showing the largest reported U.S. monetary consequences tied to AI-hallucinated or fake legal authorities.Issue 23SCOTUS Rules on Geofence Warrants; Top Hallucination CostsRead →Editorial graphic showing the case-specific facial-recognition discovery ordered produced in State v. Miles, while proprietary source code was not automatically required at that stage.Issue 22Defense Gets Basic FRT Info in NJ; AI Lawyer Prepares TrialRead →
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Complete archive55 issues · 9 Supplements
  1. Issue 55Lost in translation
  2. Issue 54AI evidence rules remain unsettled
  3. Issue 53‘America’s Rabbi’ Is Fighting for His Prompts
  4. Issue 52Mathematics D-Day; Hacking Korean Finance; Claude Gets Basic Respect
  5. Issue 51Judge Rejects Warrantless Plate Tracking; Claude Chats Reach Police
  6. Issue 50AI Victim Video Upends Sentence; California Sets Rules for Lawyers
  7. Issue 49AI Evidence Rules Return; OpenAI Reviews Incidents; Love Songs in Court
  8. Issue 48Feds Charge Forensics Executives; Ohio Sets Drone Rules; Copilot in Court
  9. Issue 47Tenth Circuit Weighs AI Rule; Z.ai Grabs Users’ Code; AI Training Gap
  10. Issue 46Misbehaving AI
  11. Issue 45Four Months on the Job, Then a Media Tour
  12. Issue 44Murder Appeal Disrupted by Hallucinations, Pt. II
  13. Issue 43Uh Oh, Prosecutors
  14. Issue 42Mass. Flock Exodus
  15. Issue 41Texas Cuts Off Flock; Judges Using AI; Synthetic CSAM Arrests
  16. Issue 40Counter-Droning Tennis
  17. Issue 39Flock’s Bad Week
  18. Issue 38ShotSpotter, Too?
  19. Issue 37Dearth of Drone Law; Local Machines, Local Models
  20. Supplement 09By requestFederal and State Drone Rulings
  21. Issue 36Fresh Tariffs on Drones; Cyber Risk Widening
  22. Issue 35Breaking the Internet Bonds; Municipal Malware
  23. Issue 34AI Listening to Depositions; Shakeup at DeepMind
  24. Issue 33DNA Files at Risk; Five Louisiana AI Laws Take Hold
  25. Issue 32Water Systems Attacked; xAI Tests Another Legal Front
  26. Issue 31AI Preemption in Texas; Agents on the Non-Emergency Line
  27. Supplement 08By requestPolice Non-Emergency Call Intake
  28. Issue 30Peeking Behind the Report-Writing Curtain; Transcript Trouble
  29. Issue 29Motion Bank for MA Defenders; Body Cam Translates
  30. Issue 28User Sued by xAI; UAE Whitelisted for AI Exports
  31. Issue 27Hash-Match Split Deepens; CJIS 6.1 Arrives
  32. Supplement 07FreeWhen a Hash Match Counts as a Private Search
  33. Issue 26Robotaxis at Emergency Scenes; Two AI Incident Clocks
  34. Supplement 06FreeFreenet Roundup and the Fourth Amendment
  35. Issue 25More States Adding AI Ethics Rules; San Francisco Drone Deploys
  36. Issue 24U.S. Lifts Export Controls; Token-Counting International Shoe
  37. Issue 23SCOTUS Rules on Geofence Warrants; Top Hallucination Costs
  38. Supplement 05FreeTaking Geofence Location Data Is a Search
  39. Issue 22Defense Gets Basic FRT Info in NJ; AI Lawyer Prepares Trial
  40. Supplement 04By requestAI Evidence Rules: Machine Outputs, Deepfakes, and the Federal Draft Rules
  41. Issue 21AI in the Department; Connecticut Passes Sweeping Regulation
  42. Issue 20Child Safety and Chatbots; Mixed Bag on AI Discovery Rulings
  43. Issue 19U.S. Abruptly Shutters New AI Model; Deepfakes in Schools
  44. Issue 18Novel Safety Controls on New AI; Solo Builder Boom
  45. Issue 17AI Arriving in Waves; "Sovereign" as Tech Term
  46. Issue 16AI Leaders Watching Out for Biotech; Scam Enforcement Progress
  47. Issue 15AI in Expert Workflows; Child Safety Bill Battle
  48. Supplement 03FreeWhen an Expert Team Used AI to Search Case Documents
  49. Issue 14AI Reports Met Officers; Law-Firm Spend Rising
  50. Issue 13AI Sanctions Follow; AI Therapy
  51. Supplement 02FreeWhen AI Sanctions Followed The Lawyer
  52. Issue 12Smart Glasses in Court; More Death Suits
  53. Issue 11AI for Probation; More Buzzwords
  54. Issue 10Six Minutes to Attack; $8 Million AI Music Fraud
  55. Issue 09Changing Professional Conduct; Deepfakes Abound
  56. Issue 08AI Disrupts Murder Appeal; Reverse Turing Test
  57. Supplement 01FreeWhen False Law Became a Court Order
  58. Issue 07AI Turned Academic; Pet Scams Spreading
  59. Issue 06When Agents Confess; The $10,000 Soulmate
  60. Issue 05AI-Washing Crackdown; CSAM Reports Spike
  61. Issue 04Florida Probes ChatGPT; Connecticut Pauses AI Reports
  62. Issue 03An AI at the Other End; CJIS 6.1 on the Horizon
  63. Issue 02Powerful New AI Models; Old Routers at Issue
  64. Issue 01Ohio Obtains First Conviction; AI Blunder in North Dakota

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