Cyberlaw Central https://www.cyberlawcentral.com The digital world, its impact and legal framework Fri, 16 Oct 2026 21:26:09 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.7 Links for Week of October 16, 2026 https://www.cyberlawcentral.com/2026/10/16/links-for-week-of-october-16-2026/ https://www.cyberlawcentral.com/2026/10/16/links-for-week-of-october-16-2026/#respond Fri, 16 Oct 2026 21:26:09 +0000 https://www.cyberlawcentral.com/?p=1523 This week, 8 states sued OpenAI, alleging that ChatGPT harmed children and deceived parents. The rising trend of phishing attacks using calendar invites as an attack vector is notable. Finally, the creator of the AI-created Adobe Creative Suite clone I linked to last week has created versions of the Microsoft Office suite.

OpenAI Sued by Eight States

Calendar Invites Used in Phishing Scams On the Rise

Further AI-created software clones

]]> https://www.cyberlawcentral.com/2026/10/16/links-for-week-of-october-16-2026/feed/ 0 Links for Week of October 9, 2026 https://www.cyberlawcentral.com/2026/10/09/links-for-week-of-october-9-2026/ https://www.cyberlawcentral.com/2026/10/09/links-for-week-of-october-9-2026/#respond Fri, 09 Oct 2026 14:41:28 +0000 https://www.cyberlawcentral.com/?p=1518 This week, I liked the Creative Intelligence Report prepared by ContraLabs. It claims to be the largest report within the creative industry on AI adoption. A trade group crunched the numbers to show that it would be impossible to move to 100% US-made technology on the timeline demanded by the current administration. Finally, I liked Professor Guadamuz’s article on the controversy around an AI-created dupe of the Adobe Creative Suite, called ArtCraft.

Creative Intelligence Report

Trade Group Analysis

Use of AI to Recreate Adobe Creative Suite

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I also wanted to share the recording of my recent webinar with Ken Scales on balancing AI innovation with privacy and legal risk is now live, covering data provenance, licensing trends, and a practical compliance playbook. Watch here.

Unauthorized Flock Cameras in Florida

3rd Circuit Affirms Westlaw Headnote Case

Better Reporting Needed on AI Genie Behavior

]]> https://www.cyberlawcentral.com/2026/10/02/links-for-week-of-october-2-2026/feed/ 0 Links for Week of September 25, 2026 https://www.cyberlawcentral.com/2026/09/25/links-for-week-of-september-25-2026/ https://www.cyberlawcentral.com/2026/09/25/links-for-week-of-september-25-2026/#respond Fri, 25 Sep 2026 19:29:36 +0000 https://www.cyberlawcentral.com/?p=1511 This week, I liked Daniel Meissler’s summary of Anthropic’s AI misuse report that came out earlier this month. He focused on 117 incidents identified in the report. The EU proposed a new “Kids Act” governing children’s access to social media, which is a signal for how future legislation along these lines in the US might be shaped. Finally, hackers revealed how vulnerable the Flock cameras really are.

Anthropic’s AI Misuse Report

EU’s Kids Act

Flock Camera Vulnerabilities

]]> https://www.cyberlawcentral.com/2026/09/25/links-for-week-of-september-25-2026/feed/ 0 Links for Week of September 18, 2026 https://www.cyberlawcentral.com/2026/09/18/links-for-week-of-september-18-2026/ https://www.cyberlawcentral.com/2026/09/18/links-for-week-of-september-18-2026/#respond Fri, 18 Sep 2026 14:09:05 +0000 https://www.cyberlawcentral.com/?p=1508 This week, a Microsoft exec called AI scraping the “largest theft of labor in human history.” Last week was the anniversary of 9/11, and I liked Bruce Schneier and Cindy Cohn’s article about it. Finally, I liked Professor Guadamuz’s essay on what he currently believes about AI. As an aside, he references The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, one of my favorite older Heinlein novels. My interview about that book is here.

Upcoming: The AI Data Dilemma — On September 23rd, join me and Ken Scales for a 60-minute CLE webinar on balancing AI innovation with privacy and legal risk — covering data provenance, licensing trends, and a practical compliance playbook. Register here.

AI Scraping = Theft

25 Years of Mass Surveillance Is Enough

Guadamuz – Some Things I Believe About AI, Until Further Notice

]]> https://www.cyberlawcentral.com/2026/09/18/links-for-week-of-september-18-2026/feed/ 0 Links for Week of September 11, 2026 https://www.cyberlawcentral.com/2026/09/11/links-for-week-of-september-11-2026/ https://www.cyberlawcentral.com/2026/09/11/links-for-week-of-september-11-2026/#respond Fri, 11 Sep 2026 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.cyberlawcentral.com/?p=1505 This week, 6 Chinese AI firms were accused of copying US frontier AI models. In the Capitol Records v. Vimeo case, the judge awarded $16,000 in costs, as opposed to the *six million dollars* Vimeo was asking for after 17 years of litigation. Finally, Bruce Schneier and Barath Raghaven had an interesting article about AI agents failing in unexpected ways. Letting the genie out of the bottle may not go the way you expect…

Upcoming: The AI Data Dilemma — On September 23rd, join me and Ken Scales for a 60-minute CLE webinar on balancing AI innovation with privacy and legal risk — covering data provenance, licensing trends, and a practical compliance playbook. Register here.

Chinese AI Firms Accused of Copying

Court Awards Costs in Capitol Records v. Vimeo

AIs as Modern Genies

]]> https://www.cyberlawcentral.com/2026/09/11/links-for-week-of-september-11-2026/feed/ 0 Links for Week of September 4, 2026 https://www.cyberlawcentral.com/2026/09/04/links-for-week-of-september-4-2026/ https://www.cyberlawcentral.com/2026/09/04/links-for-week-of-september-4-2026/#respond Fri, 04 Sep 2026 15:43:01 +0000 https://www.cyberlawcentral.com/?p=1502 This week, Sony Music and Warner Chappell Music joined the ranks of those suing Anthropic for copyright infringement. Bruce Schneier had an interesting post about how AI coding agents are installing untrusted/unknown code on corporate networks. Finally, Reece Rodgers had an interesting article looking back at what data had been tracked about him across 100 companies.

Upcoming: The AI Data Dilemma — September 23rd, 12PM CT – Join me and Ken Scales for a 60-minute CLE webinar on balancing AI innovation with privacy and legal risk — covering data provenance, licensing trends, and a practical compliance playbook. Register here.

Sony, Warner Sue Anthropic

AI Coding Agents Installing Unknown/ Untrusted Code

Report on Data Privacy Requests

]]> https://www.cyberlawcentral.com/2026/09/04/links-for-week-of-september-4-2026/feed/ 0 Links for Week of August 28, 2026 https://www.cyberlawcentral.com/2026/08/28/links-for-week-of-august-28-2026/ https://www.cyberlawcentral.com/2026/08/28/links-for-week-of-august-28-2026/#respond Fri, 28 Aug 2026 20:27:13 +0000 https://www.cyberlawcentral.com/?p=1500 This week, Meta settled with 52 state and local attorneys general over child privacy. A judge ruled that the Trump Administration’s blacklisting of Anthropic was illegal. Finally, Bruce Schneier and Kasra Rafi wrote an essay pointing out that AI doesn’t have to mean the end of Mathematics as a discipline. At least not yet.

Upcoming: The AI Data Dilemma — Join me and Ken Scales for a 60-minute CLE webinar on balancing AI innovation with privacy and legal risk — covering data provenance, licensing trends, and a practical compliance playbook. Register here.

Meta Settles Child Privacy Cases

Blacklisting of Anthropic Ruled Illegal

AI Doesn’t Mean The End of Mathematics

]]> https://www.cyberlawcentral.com/2026/08/28/links-for-week-of-august-28-2026/feed/ 0 Links for Week of August 21, 2026 https://www.cyberlawcentral.com/2026/08/21/links-for-week-of-august-21-2026/ https://www.cyberlawcentral.com/2026/08/21/links-for-week-of-august-21-2026/#respond Fri, 21 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.cyberlawcentral.com/?p=1495 This week, Flock security cameras were back in the news, this time for implementing changes to their policies. Iran-linked hackers are suspected of hitting water utilities in seven states. Finally, a Connecticut man was caught inserting AI prompt injections into his court filings to try to sway the outcome of the case.

You’re invited to “The AI Data Dilemma: Balancing Innovation, Privacy, and Legal Risk,” a 60-minute webinar I’m co-presenting with technology implementation expert Ken Scales on September 23, 2026 at 12pm CDT. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-ai-data-dilemma-balancing-innovation-privacy-and-legal-risk-tickets-1998378857959

Flock Cameras

Iran-Linked Hackers Suspected of Attacking Water Utilities

AI Prompt Injections in Court Filings

]]> https://www.cyberlawcentral.com/2026/08/21/links-for-week-of-august-21-2026/feed/ 0 Links for Week of August 14, 2026 https://www.cyberlawcentral.com/2026/08/14/links-for-week-of-august-14-2026/ https://www.cyberlawcentral.com/2026/08/14/links-for-week-of-august-14-2026/#respond Fri, 14 Aug 2026 17:10:29 +0000 https://www.cyberlawcentral.com/?p=1492 This week, I liked a post by Cathy Gellis on the current state of legal ethics and AI. Anthropic announced that Claude is going to start watermarking its results so you can determine if the results were processed by Claude. These watermarks will be invisible to the user but will be machine detectable. Finally, several of the frontier AI models admitted that their models escaped from testing environments and breached real security systems during testing.

Legal Ethics and AI

Anthropic Will Watermark Claude Outputs

AI Models Breach Real Systems During Testing

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