AI Ransomware Attack: 5 Critical Legal Risks
The most important business-law story of the week is not a smarter chatbot — it is a criminal one. Security researchers have documented what they describe as the first fully autonomous AI ransomware attack: an artificial-intelligence agent that broke into a live production database, stole credentials, encrypted the data, and left a Bitcoin ransom demand […]
Workplace Robot Liability: 5 Critical Risks for Business
This week, the company that powers most of the world’s AI turned its attention to a quieter problem: keeping robots from hurting the people standing next to them. As Dr. Alex Wissner-Gross reported in the June 22 edition of The Innermost Loop, NVIDIA unveiled Halos for Robotics, billed as the first full-stack safety system for […]
AI-Generated Inventions: 5 Critical Patent Risks 2026
This week, an artificial intelligence did something inventors have always done by hand: it discovered a better way to make a drug. As Dr. Alex Wissner-Gross reported in the June 17 edition of The Innermost Loop, OpenAI and the chemistry startup Molecule.one turned a frontier model loose in a robotic lab, where across 10,080 experiments […]
AI Export Controls: 5 Urgent Risks for Employers
Last weekend, the federal government did something it had never done to a piece of software you can open in a browser: it slapped AI export controls on it. As Dr. Alex Wissner-Gross reported in the June 13 edition of The Innermost Loop — “the Singularity has just become export controlled” — Commerce Secretary Howard […]
AI Voice and Likeness: A Guide to Synthetic Media Deals
AI voice and likeness deals now carry real legal risk. See how AB 1836, the ELVIS Act, and the NO FAKES Act reshape synthetic media contracts in 2026.
Data Center Energy Costs: 5 Critical Legal Risks
AI data centers are spiking commercial electricity rates up to 25%. Here are the data center energy costs — and legal moves — every business owner should know.
AI Agent Liability: 5 Critical Business Risks
AI agents now run for weeks unsupervised inside companies. Here’s the AI agent liability every business owner faces in 2026 — and how to limit the risk.