This episode of the AI Lawyer Podcast explores the legal challenges of AI market concentration and competition with Berkeley Law Professor Tejas Narechania, an expert in telecommunications law and antitrust policy. As the costs of developing advanced AI models rise, Professor Narechania examines whether AI is headed toward a natural monopoly and what that means for fairness, innovation, and legal accountability.

Will a small group of companies dominate AI development? What legal risks arise from monopolistic control over critical technologies? Professor Narechania breaks down the structural market forces driving AI consolidation and explains how antitrust laws, interoperability requirements, and public infrastructure models could shape the future of AI governance.

In this conversation, host Joel Cohen engages with Professor Narechania on these pressing issues, ensuring a deep dive into the legal frameworks shaping the future of AI.

Whether you’re a legal professional, policymaker, or tech enthusiast, this episode provides essential insights into the evolving relationship between AI, market power, and the law.

This episode of the AI Lawyer Podcast explores the “perfect evidentiary storm” created by generative AI and deepfakes in the courtroom. Duke Law Professor and former U.S. District Judge Paul Grimm, a leading expert on evidence and artificial intelligence, unpacks the legal, ethical, and practical challenges of AI in the justice system.

How can courts manage audio and video deepfakes that appear undeniably real? What are the dangers of relying on "black-box" AI systems in pivotal legal decisions? Judge Grimm provides essential insights and explains why the rules of evidence must evolve to meet the demands of AI-driven technology.

Whether you're a legal professional, tech enthusiast, or curious about the future of justice, this episode will leave you informed and inspired.

As autonomous weapons become a reality on the modern battlefield, their ethical and legal implications are sparking intense debate. Georgetown Law Professor Mitt Regan dives into the complexities of AI-enabled weapon systems, exploring how these technologies challenge the principles of international humanitarian law (IHL). With conflicts in Ukraine and Israel showcasing the rapid deployment of AI-driven military tools, Professor Regan unpacks the risks of automation bias, the importance of meaningful human oversight, and the gaps in existing legal frameworks.

Mitt Regan is a professor of law at Georgetown Law Center and an expert on the laws of war and international law. For attorneys, a CLE version of this interview can be found at www.talksonlaw.com or by following this link.

The growing integration of AI models across industries has ignited fierce legal battles over the training of large language models (LLMs) and the use of copyrighted material. Columbia Law Professor Shyam Balganesh sits down with AI Lawyer to unpack the intricate legal questions surrounding AI and copyright, highlighting how LLMs depend on extensive datasets, often incorporating copyrighted works, to generate their outputs. High-profile cases, such as The New York Times v. OpenAI and Getty Images v. Stable Diffusion, are forcing courts to decide whether the use of copyrighted material for AI training qualifies as fair use or infringes on intellectual property rights.

In this episode, Professor Balganesh discusses the technical intricacies of AI model training, the fair use doctrine’s role in AI litigation, and how the future may shift toward licensing models to resolve these disputes. Balganesh offers an inside look at the evolving legal landscape and what it could mean for the future of AI development.

Shyam Balganesh is a professor of law at Columbia Law School. For attorneys, a CLE version of this interview can be found at www.talksonlaw.com or by following this link.

Increased adoption of AI by law firms raises questions about how lawyers can harness artificial intelligence consistent with their professional responsibilities. Georgetown Law Professor Tanina Rostain answers questions about the transformative impact of AI on law and how the rules of professional conduct apply to the new ways that attorneys are using AI tech to conduct research, draft documents, and interact with clients. 

As AI models show increasing proficiency in performing legal work, when may technology cross the line into unauthorized practice of law (UPL). Professor Rostain discusses what constitutes the “practice of law” when it comes to AI and suggests that the legal profession may eventually need to bend. According to Rostain, the benefits of AI for people who need legal assistance cannot be stifled by financial protectionism with superficial claims of protecting the public.

Tanina Rostain is a professor of law at Georgetown Law Center. For attorneys, a CLE version of this interview can be found at www.talksonlaw.com or by following this link.