Breaking the Dawn of Justice: Attorneys Have a Role in Using Artificial Intelligence to Harness Privacy and Consumer Protection Protections

Democrats have slammed the provision’s inclusion in the reconciliation bill, with Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) saying the 10-year ban will “allow AI companies to ignore consumer privacy protections, let deepfakes spread, and allow companies to profile and deceive consumers using AI.” In a statement published to X, Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) said the proposal “will lead to a Dark Age for the environment, our children, and marginalized communities.”

This provision could hit a roadblock in the Senate, as ARI notes that the Byrd rule says reconciliation bills can only focus on fiscal issues. Still, it’s troubling to see Republican lawmakers push to block oversight of a new technology that’s being integrated into almost everything.

This isn’t the first time lawyers have been caught using AI in the courtroom. Michael Cohen is a former Trump lawyer, and he used made-up court cases in a legal document. A judge found that the lawyers were involved in a bunch of fake cases.

I read their brief and was swayed by the authorities that they cited, but only to learn that they didn’t exist, Judge Milner writes. That is frightening. It was close to being a scary outcome of including those bogus materials in a judicial order.