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A |     WASHINGTON -- A multimillion-dollar conspiracy trial that stretched across the worlds of politics and entertainment is now touching on the tech world with arguments that a defense attorney for a Fugees rapper bungled closing arguments by using an artificial intelligence program.Prakazrel “Pras” Michel argued that the use of the “experimental” generative AI program was one of a number of errors made by his “unqualified, unprepared and ineffectual" trial attorney before his conviction earlier this year, according to a motion for new trial his new lawyers filed this week. The company behind the program, on the other hand, said it was a tool used to help write closing statements, and a harbinger of major changes in the field. Generative AI programs are capable of creating realistic text, images and video. They're raising tough questions about misinformation and copyright protections as well as industry calls for regulations in Congress. Programs like ChatGPT have already had ripple effects across professions like writing and education. The arguments in the Michel case could preview issues to come as the technology makes a rapid advance. The Grammy-winning rapper's trial was touted as the first time generative AI was used in a federal trial in a news release from the startup company that designed the system. Defense attorney David Kenner, well known for his previous representation of rappers like Suge Knight and Snoop Dogg, also gave a quote calling the system a “game changer for complex litigation."But in his last words to the jury, Kenner appeared to mix up key elements of the case and misattributed the lyric “Every single day, every time I pray, I will be missing you,” to the Fugees, the 1990s hip-hop group his client co-founded, when actually it is a well-known line from a song by the rapper Diddy, then known as Puff Daddy, court documents from Michel’s new attorney, Peter Zeidenberg, stated.Kenner did not respond to a phone call and email seeking comment from The Associated Press. The company, EyeLevel.AI, said the program wasn't “experimental” but instead trained using only facts from the case, including court transcripts, not musical lyrics or anything found online. It's intended to provide fast answers to complex questions to help, not replace, human lawyers, said co-founder and COO Neil Katz. “We think AI technology is gong to completely revolutionize the legal field by making it faster and cheaper to get complex answers to legal questions and research,” Katz said. He denied an allegation from Michel's new lawyers that Kenner appeared to have a financial interest in the program.The case will likely be closely watched as more law firms adopt the technology, said Sharon Nelson, president of Sensei Enterprises, a digital forensics, cybersecurity and information technology firm. A substantial number of firms are using it now, and surveys indicate more than 50% of lawyers expect to within the next year, she said. “It's gone much faster than we thought,” she said. “The problem is, if you don't work with it, you're going to be left behind.”Michel was found guilty in April on all 10 counts he was charged with, including conspiracy and acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign government. He faces up to 20 years in prison on the top counts. He is free ahead of sentencing, which has not yet been set. “At bottom, the AI program failed Kenner, and Kenner failed Michel. The closing argument was deficient, unhelpful, and a missed opportunity that prejudiced the defense,” wrote Zeidenberg. His other arguments for a new trial included the jury being prejudiced by being allowed to hear references to the “crime fraud exception” and “co-conspirators."Michel was accused of funneling money from a now-fugitive Malaysian financer through straw donors to Barack Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign, then trying to squelch a Justice Department investigation and influence an extradition case on behalf of China under the Trump administration. His trial included testimony ranging from actor Leonardo DiCaprio to former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions.Kenner had argued during the trial the Grammy-winning rapper simply wanted to make money and got bad legal advice as he reinvented himself in the world of politics.It wasn't immediately clear when a judge might rule on the motion for a new trial. Use of generative AI in the legal profession is in the early stages, but it could see much more widespread adoption as products improve, said John Villasenor, a professor of engineering and public policy at the University of California, Los Angeles. The American Bar Association does not yet have any guidelines on the use of AI in the legal profession, though there is a new task force studying the issue, a spokeswoman said. Using it for closing arguments is complicated because of the many factors that develop over the course of a trial, he said. Generative AI, meanwhile, also sometimes produces “hallucinations,” statements that initially read as if they are accurate but are not.“A good attorney coming up with closing arguments will be mindful of basic goals of the case but also of the specific ways in which the trial has played out,” he said. Even as products improve, “attorneys that use AI should make sure they very carefully fact check anything they are going to use.”。    “굴복이 더 큰 역풍 불러올 수 있어” 한국인 55% ‘美 비호감’, 역대 최고                    AP연합뉴스 미국 국내외에서 도널드 트럼프 미국 대통령에 대한 저항이 본격화하고 있다는 뉴욕타임스(NYT) 분석이 나왔다. 트럼프 대통령 지지율이 역대 최저 수준까지 떨어진 가운데 그의 압박에 순응해도 공격이 끝나지 않는다는 인식이 확산하면서 ‘굴복의 시대’가 저물고 있다는 것이다. NYT는 25일(현지시간) 분석 기사에서 마크 카니 캐나다 총리가 트럼프의 관세 협박에 맞서기로 선택한 것을 언급하며 이처럼 분석했다. 유럽 정상들의 이란 전쟁 동참 거부, 베냐민 네타냐후 이스라엘 총리의 가자평화안 반대 등도 대표 사례로 꼽혔다. 유럽의 태도 변화에는 트럼프의 그린란드 장악 시도가 전환점이 됐다는 분석이 나온다. 제러미 샤피로 유럽외교관계위원회 연구원은 “그린란드 문제는 유럽의 주권에 대한 공격이었다”며 “유럽은 그 시점에서 트럼프의 탐욕과 요구에는 끝이 없다는 사실을 깨닫기 시작했다”고 말했다. 미국 내부에서도 대학과 로펌이 트럼프 행정부 정책에 맞서고, 채권시장은 트럼프의 재정정책에 우려를 나타내고 있다. 과거 트럼프와의 명예훼손 소송을 끝내기 위해 1600만 달러(약 221억원)를 지급했던 ABC 방송은 지난 18일 트럼프 행정부가 방송 면허를 위협했다며 소송을 제기했다. 공화당 내부에서도 트럼프 영향력이 예전만 못한 징후가 곳곳에서 포착되고 있다. 트럼프가 지지 선언을 한 후보들이 당내 경선 10곳에서 패배했다. 다음 달 출간되는 신간 ‘비겁함의 초상들’ 저자 제이컵 와이즈버그는 예일대가 트럼프 행정부와 다양성 프로그램 폐지 문제를 두고 협상에 나서자 비판 여론이 쏟아진 것을 언급하며 “이제는 트럼프에 굴복하는 것이 더 큰 역풍을 불러올 수 있다”고 분석했다. 혈맹인 한국에서도 트럼프 2기 출범 이후 미국에 대한 반감이 커지고 있다. 퓨리서치센터가 24일 발표한 조사에서 미국에 대해 부정적이라고 답한 한국인은 55%로 지난해(39%)보다 16% 포인트 늘어 역대 최고였다. 미국에 대한 비호감도가 호감도를 앞선 것도 ‘효순·미선양 사건’으로 반미 감정이 고조됐던 2003년 이후 처음이다. 。

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