Topic: Technology

On June 1, 2026, the Florida Office of the Attorney General, State of Florida and the Florida Department of Legal Affairs, sued OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman, accusing the company of ignoring safety warnings and releasing ChatGPT while knowing it was harmful to users.

In a recent decision, the Texas Business Court held that AI chat logs created by a litigant may be protected by work-product privilege under Texas law and that disclosure of information to an AI platform does not automatically waive that protection.

Gen AI tools have become commonplace in legal practice, offering attorneys a means to research, draft and refine legal documents at unprecedented speed.

On May 28, 2026, a California federal judge held in Mobley v. Workday that artificial intelligence bias-testing data may be protected against discovery based on the attorney-client privilege shield.

Recent decisions are beginning to define how courts treat privilege claims involving generative AI, particularly when parties use publicly available tools.

A new June 2026 Executive Order gives the federal government a chance to review certain advanced AI models before they’re released—part of a broader push to stay ahead of emerging cybersecurity risks.

On April 7, 2026, Anthropic disclosed that it had developed a model deemed too capable for unrestricted public release, Claude Mythos Preview, a development with substantial implications for the legal, compliance and cybersecurity sectors.

A Pennsylvania state board has filed a groundbreaking lawsuit against the company behind Character.AI, alleging that an artificial intelligence chatbot's claims of psychiatric credentials and a Pennsylvania medical license constitute the unlicensed practice of medicine.

Colorado just rewrote its own AI regulation, affecting every company developing or deploying AI in a way that may touch a Colorado resident.

Colorado's landmark AI act is officially on ice, and the legal fight behind that development is shaping the national conversation on AI regulation.