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Florida sues OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, accusing them of putting profit over safety

June 3, 2026

Florida seeks to hold Altman personally liable, accusing OpenAI of marketing ChatGPT as safe while concealing that it could drive users toward harm.

Florida is the first state to sue OpenAI and Altman over design and safety. The civil action, seeking penalties and a court order rather than criminal charges.

Parents may hate screens in schools. But can they sue?

May 26, 2026

A provocative pop-up greets visitors to a small Texas law firm's website: "Has your child been harmed by their school-issued laptop or tablet?" it asks. "Parents assume that Chromebooks and iPads issued by their kids' schools are safe, but they are not."

Hundreds of parents have responded to the intake form, according to Julie Liddell, one half of the husband-wife duo behind the Austin-based plaintiffs' law firm, the EdTech Law Center. The lawyers are working to channel data privacy and mental-health concerns about education technology—which has become ubiquitous in U.S. classrooms—into lawsuits.

Women sue the men who used their Instagram feeds to create AI porn influencers

May 1, 2026

"Disgusting on every single level" - a quote taken from the article, is an appropriate commentary on what AI is being (mis)used for and the way that women and girls are being taken advantage of on a increasing trend.

Sullivan & Cromwell law firm apologizes for AI 'hallucinations' in court filing

April 23, 2026

U.S. judges have sanctioned lawyers in dozens of cases after attorneys used AI for legal research and drafting without fully vetting the results. Lawyers are not prohibited from using AI but are ethically bound to ensure the accuracy of court submissions.

AI Won’t Replace Lawyers But Can Create Critical Shortage Of Good Ones

March 24, 2026

The future rests on the idea that someone at the top of the pyramid has the training and judgment to shepherd the agent swarm. Those people are there right now, but what happens in 10-20 years? Will there be enough lawyers with enough know-how to get the job done?

DNA testing could clear a dead man’s name

March 23, 2026

Every state now has a legal avenue where people can request DNA testing of evidence after being convicted. But in many cases, it’s not clear if those statutes apply once convicts have died, said Brandon Garrett, a law professor at Duke University.

Posthumous exonerations based on DNA testing are exceedingly rare. There are only seven such cases across the nation over the past three decades, according to a database maintained by Garrett.

But there is always the possibility of more, and Tanner’s case could help pave the way. The advent of DNA testing “upended all these traditional notions of finality,” Garrett said. “As long as it’s kept in a dry place, you can test it 60 days later or 10 years later.”

OpenAI sued for practicing law without a license

March 16, 2026

OpenAI has been accused of practicing law without a license in a lawsuit brought by Nippon Life Insurance Co. of America.

According to the insurer’s complaint, which was filed on Wednesday in the Northern District of Illinois, OpenAI’s artificial intelligence platform ChatGPT pushed a woman seeking disability benefits to breach a settlement agreement and file dozens of motions that “serve no legitimate legal or procedural purpose.”

15 of the Weirdest Liquor Laws in the U.S.

March 6, 2026

Even before Prohibition, states and counties instituted laws related to the production, sale, and consumption of alcohol. Temperance advocates, bootleggers, religious wine producers, and consumers have all weighed in over the years, leading to a hodgepodge of regulations on a state-by-state and county- by-county level.

Some of these mandates come from research and years of developing common sense — for example, don’t drink and drive or operate heavy machinery. Others are based on religious tendencies like dry counties in the South and limitations in Utah. And plenty are just plain weird.

Google faces lawsuit after Gemini chatbot allegedly instructed man to kill himself

March 5, 2026

A new lawsuit against Google alleges that the company's artificial intelligence chatbot Gemini guided 36-year-old Jonathan Gavalas on a mission to stage a “catastrophic accident” near Miami International Airport and destroy all records and witnesses, part of an escalating series of delusions that ended when Gavalas killed himself.

‘Likely the Largest Breach in U.S. History’: What You Need to Know About the Conduent Fiasco

February 25, 2026

At least 26 million people have had their personal data stolen from Conduent, a company that provides printing, payment, and document processing services for some of the largest health insurance providers in the country. Some are already calling it one of the largest data breaches in U.S. history, exposing addresses, social security numbers, and health information to ransomware hackers.

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