Idiot Buffet

Bumbling with the law in the age of data & AI

Today’s grab bag question is:

Is it illegal to make cold sales calls using AI agents?

Not necessarily, but it’s riskier than using humans. To reduce the risk profile of AI cold calls1:

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‘Hi, it’s Mary…Oh…Oh yes, I am a real person.’ Today’s grab bag question is: Is

Anthropic trained Claude on millions of books—including just a few torrented volumes—but it’s all ‘quintessentially

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