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Fast Company reports that a major legal fight is taking shape over whether OpenAI can be held liable for ChatGPT under product liability law. The debate centers on whether AI chatbots should be treated like defective products when they cause harm, a question that could reshape accountability for the entire AI industry.

The Economist reports that large corporate law firms are undergoing a major shake-up driven by forces other than artificial intelligence. The piece suggests changes to how big law operates, competes and bills clients are coming from elsewhere in the industry. Readers are weighing what this shift means for the traditional partnership model and the future of elite legal work.

Law firm Akin has hired Neil DuChez, previously a lawyer at Goldman Sachs, as a technology transactions partner based in New York. The move strengthens the firm's technology practice, adding someone with in-house experience at a major bank at a time when demand for tech transaction and licensing legal work continues to grow.