Civil Law

Agentic AI: It’s A Whole New Bag of Risks

She begged “Do not do that,” then “STOP OPENCLAW.” Neither worked.

That’s what happened to Summer Yue, Meta’s Director of Alignment at their superintelligence safety lab. By the time she reached her desktop to kill the process manually, the AI agent she’d created had already deleted hundreds of emails. You would expect someone with Yue’s expertise to avoid a problem like this. You would be wrong.

Jennifer Ellis’s article lays out a practical checklist for lawyers considering agentic AI — … Read the rest

Civil Law

Spanish Botulism outbreak prompts report on risks

Spanish scientists have produced a report on the growth of Clostridium botulinum and the risk of botulism following an outbreak that affected 12 people in 2023.

In June and July 2023, an increase in botulism was detected in Spain linked to consumption of prepared food packaged under vacuum or in a modified atmosphere. This association was not confirmed microbiologically as the presence of Clostridium botulinum, or botulinum toxin, was not detected in the analysis carried out on dishes prepared from … Read the rest