AI Counsel Blog Posts

Gunderson Dettmer recently published this client alert addressing the current state of attorney-client and attorney work product privilege protection for information shared with AI tools. The alert addresses recent court decisions implicating AI-related privilege issues and offers some practical guidance for companies seeking to ensure that attorney-client or work product privileges are not inadvertently lost […]

While almost every company is using AI in some way, this Goodwin memo says that few are doing what’s necessary to govern it effectively.  In particular, the memo notes that research shows that only 38% of businesses enterprises have instituted comprehensive policies defining acceptable AI use, and only 6% have instituted a policy governing AI […]

Plaintiffs who believe their work is improperly used in AI training are testing various legal theories against AI companies. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently heard one such case, after the trial court dismissed some of the plaintiffs’ claims. In this case, plaintiffs attempted to bring claims under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). […]

Previously, we’ve relied on notetakers to jot down the important gist of our meetings in minutes. We reserved stenographers only for the rarest occasions when completeness and accuracy were vital. However, the growing popularity of AI notetakers and transcription apps is changing this. Now, any meeting organizer can quickly create full transcripts at minimal cost. […]

This S&P Global article notes that the success of AI initiatives depends to a great extent on “interoperability” – not merely the capabilities of the AI tool in question, but its ability to access information from across the organization and understand the relationships between systems, workflows and data sets. This excerpt highlights the importance of […]