David C.N. Ma

06/04/2024

It's rather rare for the Internet Society to chime in to express serious concerns about legislation regarding the internet, which just goes to show how problematic Bill S-210 is, notwithstanding its rather misleading title. Please consider reviewing this article and sending a letter to your MP.

https://actionnetwork.org/letters/e42ec46c3155311c3b900ecc77d75f9d?source=direct_link&

01/23/2024

worth a read if you're considering buying an hp printer.

"Our long-term objective is to make printing a subscription."

06/01/2023

us sdny court rules that warrants are required for cell phone searches at the border (absent exigent circumstances). good news, imho.

With United States v. Smith (S.D.N.Y. May 11, 2023), a district court judge in New York made history by being the first court to rule that a warrant is required for a cell phone search at the border, “absent exigent circumstances” (although other district courts have wanted to do so).EFF is...

05/31/2023

ny lawyer facing sanctions for using chatgpt to prepare legal brief. apparently chatgpt generated several non-existent cases, quotes and citations.

ChatGPT repeatedly claimed fake cases were real in its conversation with Steven Schwartz.

03/19/2023

us copyright office issues guidance on copyrightability of ai generated works.

Copyright Office will field public input during listening sessions this spring.

03/17/2023

an interesting piece on the xerox alto - the first pc to have a gui, networking and object-oriented programming.

We all owe three things to this pioneering machine – two more than you might think

03/17/2023

new version of gpt scores in the 90th percentile in us bar exam.

Artificial intelligence can now outperform most law school graduates on the bar exam, the grueling two-day test aspiring attorneys must pass to practice law in the United States, according to a new study released Wednesday.

03/11/2023

yikes. silicon valley bank collapses after run on deposits.

Regulators rushed Friday to seize the assets of one of Silicon Valley's top banks, marking the largest failure of a U.S. financial institution since the height of the financial crisis almost 15 years ago.

02/08/2023

meta's cicero ai finishes in the top 10% of diplomacy players - a game that requires a high degree of interpersonal negotiation. very interesting.

Meta's Cicero can negotiate or persuade with natural language—just like a human.

01/27/2023

chatgpt (barely) passes law school exams, but fails bar exam.

ChatGPT cannot yet outscore most law students on exams, new research suggests, but it can eke out a passing grade.

11/11/2022

but at least such an approach could enable license compliance.

11/11/2022

then allowing users to select different copilot versions based on each set. copilot output would then be licensed under the same license for the selected set. not perfect though - makes usage awkward and doesn't take care of attribution.