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Here’s what we’re reading. 🚰 Detroit is among a few cities using a new AI-driven tool to find lead drinking water pipes, saving the city millions of dollars and helping it in its scramble to meet the EPA’s Oct. 16 inventory deadline. https://aboutblaw.com/bfFC 🖼 A DC Circuit panel struggled with both the idea of granting copyright protection for AI-produced works and a computer scientist’s framing of his case to do so during oral argument. https://aboutblaw.com/bfFB 🔓 Meta failed to prevent hackers from taking over and misusing tens of thousands of Facebook social media accounts, or help users regain control over them, a proposed federal class action said. https://aboutblaw.com/bfFA
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AI Speeds Cities’ Lead Pipe Search With EPA Deadline Weeks Away

Detroit is among a few cities using a new artificial intelligence-driven tool to find lead drinking water pipes, saving the city millions of dollars and helping it in its scramble to meet the EPA’s Oct. 16 inventory deadline.

Here’s what we’re reading. 💠 YouTube star MrBeast and Amazon’s TV studio were hit with a proposed class action from contestants on his latest game show “Beast Games” who say they faced gross mistreatment, neglect, and sexual harassment on the show. https://aboutblaw.com/bfEK 💠 Meta will continue to face a putative class action alleging that its Facebook Messenger and Messenger Kids applications improperly collected and possessed biometric identifiers a federal court said. https://aboutblaw.com/bfEJ
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MrBeast, Amazon Sued by Game Show Contestants Over Mistreatment

YouTube star MrBeast and Amazon’s TV studio were hit with a proposed class action from contestants on his latest game show “Beast Games” who say they faced gross mistreatment, neglect, and sexual harassment on the show.

Here’s what we’re reading. 🔥 The Biden administration has launched a new initiative to crack down on smugglers at US borders and ports. The concern isn’t drugs or counterfeit goods, though; it’s a refrigerant that’s also a dangerous greenhouse gas. https://aboutblaw.com/bfDV 🩻 Physician notes, medical images, and lab test results derived from electronic health records are increasingly making their way into the FDA’s drug and biologic approval or post approval process—largely due to AI. https://aboutblaw.com/bfDW
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Biden Fights Smugglers Trafficking Climate-Warming Refrigerants

The Biden administration has launched a new initiative to crack down on smugglers at US borders and ports. The concern isn’t drugs or counterfeit goods, though; it’s a refrigerant that’s also a dangerous greenhouse gas.

Here’s what we’re reading. ⚖️ A patent owner suing Nvidia took an unusual approach to filing its case in the Western District of Texas, ensuring it was routed to Judge Alan Albright, one of the most sought-after judges in the country for patent suits. https://aboutblaw.com/bfC7 🤳 Chinese-owned social media app TikTok takes its fight against a US ban to the next level in the American court system. https://aboutblaw.com/bfC8 🧬 23andMe agreed to a $30 million settlement and committed to a three-year security monitoring program to resolve claims it failed to safeguard the privacy of more than six million customers affected by a 2023 data breach. https://aboutblaw.com/bfC9
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Here’s what we’re reading. 🏳️‍🌈 Executives at Fortune 500 companies are reassuring investors that they remain committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion principles, even as mounting attacks on DEI erode certain programs. https://aboutblaw.com/bfCn ©️ New lawsuits accusing Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump of copyright infringement continue the evolving legacy of disputes between politicians using music in their campaigns and artists who blanch at the association and want to prevent it. https://aboutblaw.com/bfCo
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Jamie Dimon Among Fortune 500 CEOs Defying Diversity Backlash

Executives at Fortune 500 companies from JPMorgan Chase to Cigna Healthcare are reassuring investors that they remain committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion principles, even as mounting attacks on DEI erode certain programs.

Here’s what we’re reading. ➡️ A first-of-its-kind federal indictment accusing a man of making over $10 million by falsely boosting streaming numbers for AI-generated music demonstrates another threat to artists and a need for fraud-prevention vigilance by platforms. https://aboutblaw.com/bfBA ➡️ Uber’s €290 million ($324 million) fine by a European data-privacy watchdog is a warning for other US companies that transfer personal data from the EU to servers in the US, amid fluctuating data management pacts between the two regions. https://aboutblaw.com/bfBB
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AI Music Fraud Indictment Brings Scrutiny to Streaming Inflation

A first-of-its-kind federal indictment accusing a man of making over $10 million by falsely boosting streaming numbers for AI-generated music demonstrates another threat to artists and a need for fraud-prevention vigilance by platforms.

Here’s what we’re reading. ⚕️ Google and Meta collected the personal information of patients seeking treatment for erectile dysfunction without their consent in violation of California privacy laws, a proposed federal class action said. https://aboutblaw.com/bfAf 🤳 The IRS is trying to find a workaround so some of its employees can use TikTok to crack down on misinformation campaigns on the platform. https://aboutblaw.com/bfAh 📜 Black leaders in Congress say that they will use the power of their numbers to force civil rights protections in any artificial intelligence bill that is about to become law. https://aboutblaw.com/bfAg
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Google, Meta Sued for Collecting Patients’ ED Prescription Info

Google LLC and Meta Platforms Inc. collected the personal information of patients seeking treatment for erectile dysfunction through Dermacare LLC without their consent in violation of California privacy laws, a proposed federal class action said.

Here’s what we’re reading. ◼️ A lawsuit accusing Meta of knowingly designing its social media platforms to addict and harm children’s mental and physical health survived the company’s motion to dismiss. https://aboutblaw.com/bfzr ◼️ Employers continue to face challenges reconciling the varying legal statuses of intoxicating hemp-derived products with their workplace drug testing policies. https://aboutblaw.com/bfzp ◼️ Federal regulators risk pushback from both courts and consumers as they move to safeguard drivers’ privacy from cars that are collecting an ever-growing array of personal data. https://aboutblaw.com/bfzq
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Meta’s Section 230 Claim Fails in Bid to Escape Kids Harm Case

A lawsuit accusing Meta Platforms Inc. of knowingly designing its social media platforms to addict and harm children’s mental and physical health survived the company’s motion to dismiss.

Here’s what we’re reading. 🚸 A lawsuit accusing Snap of designing features used for child sexual exploitation, signals a new front in the burgeoning legal battle challenging the limits of Big Tech’s federal content liability protections. https://aboutblaw.com/bfyq 🏈 Consumer bankruptcy attorneys are starting to see gambling debts feature more prominently in their practices, as an NFL season gets underway that is expected to prompt more legal sports bets than any in history. https://aboutblaw.com/bfyr
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Meta, Snap Design Suits Over Child Harm Take on Liability Shield

New Mexico’s latest tech lawsuit, accusing Snap Inc. of designing features used for child sexual exploitation, signals a new front in the burgeoning legal battle challenging the limits of Big Tech’s federal content liability protections.

Here’s what we’re reading. ➖ AI is coming for the job market, columnist David Jolly writes. While no one can say precisely how it will play out, there are several ways to prepare—and stay relevant. https://aboutblaw.com/bfxm ➖ Nvidia’s sudden rise to become the world’s largest AI chipmaker was fueled by technology it stole, according to a lawsuit filed by Xockets. https://aboutblaw.com/bfxn
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How to Make the Career Cut in an Artificial Intelligence World

AI is coming for the job market, columnist David Jolly writes. While no one can say precisely how it will play out, there are several ways to prepare—and stay relevant.

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