AI Counsel Blog Posts
by Zachary Barlow
July 28, 2026
If you’re shopping around for AI models, there are pretty much only two countries to source from: the United States and China. Export control rules apply to data, even without the import or export of physical products, and that includes AI models. Export control risks for AI vary depending on where your company operates and […]
by Zachary Barlow
July 27, 2026
For some time, the federal government has toyed with the idea of limiting state authority to regulate AI. After legislative measures to pass a “state law moratorium” failed, the administration turned to preemption theories. The White House issued an Executive Order calling for a national AI policy framework that would preempt state laws. Colorado’s AI […]
by John Jenkins
July 23, 2026
According to a 2026 SANS Institute survey on AI use in cybersecurity, the use of AI tools in cybersecurity applications has skyrocketed, but governance controls haven’t kept up. This excerpt from SANS’s press release announcing the report explains: Security teams adopted AI faster in 2026 than in any year before, and the governance and workforce structures […]
by John Jenkins
July 22, 2026
This Robinson + Cole blog highlights a recent cybersecurity advisory from the United States and 12 other nations indicating that Russian state-sponsored hackers have been exploiting poorly configured network devices, primarily routers, to break into systems. This excerpt from the blog has more details: The threat group, also known as Berserk Bear, Energetic Bear, Crouching […]
by John Jenkins
July 21, 2026
So far, the Trump administration has adopted a mostly hands off approach to federal AI regulation, but that’s left it in the position of having to react to the implications of the latest developments in frontier models through the ad hoc issuance of executive orders addressing the concerns those models raise. It’s becoming apparent, perhaps […]
by John Jenkins
July 20, 2026
Those darn employees! If they’re not busy breaching security protocols by using unauthorized “Shadow AI” tools, they’re resisting implementation of sanctioned AI tools that they fear will replace them. That kind of fear makes overcoming employee resistance to AI tools a significant challenge, but this recent Harvard blog cites a new study by Harvard Business […]
by Zachary Barlow
July 16, 2026
The Governor of New York issued an Executive Order this week pausing all new discretionary permitting of data centers throughout the state. This pause will stay in place until the New York Department of Public Service (DPS) issues a Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS) examining the impact of data centers on New York’s electric grid […]
by Zachary Barlow
July 15, 2026
A new AI securities class action was filed last month against data broker ZoomInfo Technologies. The plaintiffs allege that ZoomInfo failed to consider the impact that the AI market would have on its core business. While ZoomInfo was investing in AI capabilities and initiatives, plaintiffs claim that leadership didn’t account for the big-picture disruptions caused […]
by Zachary Barlow
July 14, 2026
With AI being a relatively new technology, nomenclature can get muddy and confusing. Two different concepts can be commonly referred to by the same word in conversationally convenient but imprecise ways. Often we refer to an AI’s “dataset” as all the data used to train an AI model as well as the data that model […]
by Zachary Barlow
July 14, 2026
The FTC proposed a policy statement earlier this month expanding the definition of deceptive practices related to AI. The statement asserts that AI users have an expectation that AI systems return factually accurate results. In the FTC’s view, companies that prioritize anything other than factual accuracy in their AI outputs may be engaging in a […]