Friday, April 03, 2026

Everybody talks about the weather…

https://www.bespacific.com/nyc-bar-association-follow-up-report-documents-escalating-constitutional-violations/

New York City Bar Association Follow-Up Report Documents Escalating Constitutional Violations

The New York City Bar Association (City Bar) has released an update to its December 2025 report on presidential abuse of power, documenting a sharp escalation of constitutional violations by President Donald J. Trump and his Administration since that report was issued, and calling on Congress to act immediately, including by considering impeachment, to hold the President and his appointees accountable. “The question is no longer if, but when: Congress must act immediately to curb these abuses — including the illegal acts of aggression and unauthorized war against Iran launched on February 28, 2026 — and hold those responsible to account,” the report states. The update, titled “The Crisis Deepens: Congress Must Act Now to Address Escalating Abuses of Executive Power,” documents a wide range of intensifying constitutional abuses, including the militarized occupation of Minneapolis by federal immigration agents, unlawful acts of military force against foreign nations, and attacks on voting rights…”





Does the pentagon use zoom as frequently as it uses Powerpoint?

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/04/company-that-secretly-records-and-publishes-zoom-meetings.html

Company that Secretly Records and Publishes Zoom Meetings

WebinarTV searches the internet for public Zoom invites, joins the meetings, secretly records them, and publishes (alternate link ) the recordings. It doesn’t use the Zoom record feature, so Zoom can’t do anything about it.





Any new tool can cause injuries until you learn the proper way to use it.

https://www.npr.org/2026/04/03/nx-s1-5761454/penalties-stack-up-ai-spreads-through-legal-system

Penalties stack up as AI spreads through the legal system

Last year saw a rapid increase in court sanctions against attorneys for filing briefs containing errors generated by artificial intelligence tools. The most prominent case was that of the lawyers for MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, who were fined $3,000 each for filing briefs containing fictitious, AI-generated citations.

But as a cautionary tale, it doesn't seem to have had much effect.

"Recently we had 10 cases from 10 different courts on a single day," says Damien Charlotin, a researcher at the business school HEC Paris who keeps a worldwide tally of instances of courts sanctioning people for using erroneous information generated by AI.

Penalties are also on the rise, he says. A federal court may have set a new record last month with an order for a lawyer in Oregon to pay $109,700 in sanctions and costs for filing AI-generated errors.



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