Florida opened the country's first criminal investigation of a major U.S. chatbot. Authorities say ChatGPT gave advice on weapon selection, timing, and location to the person who opened fire on the Student Union lawn at Florida State University last April, killing two. More than 200 chatbot messages are in the formal case file, while subpoenas remain outstanding for parent company OpenAI's internal threat-handling rules.

Connecticut put a pause on police using AI to draft reports, pending testing and ground rules. The decision comes after pressure from both prosecutors and public defenders that reports generated from BWC audio alone strip out key context an officer brings when writing up an incident. A handful of Connecticut departments had already adopted Axon's Draft One, the best-known product in the category.

Northeast Ohio will soon be home to an unprecedented $5 million prosecutor-training pipeline. (Axios Cleveland)

Anthropic, maker of popular U.S. chatbot Claude, says its newest features can absorb up to 40% of a firm's legal tech spend. (Artificial Lawyer)

Axon is looking to close a $625 million deal to potentially revamp 911 call centers for the age of AI. (Axon)

Magnet Forensics is releasing new platform features toward streaming extraction data from phones, cars and other forensic targets. (Magnet Forensics)

“AI Engineer” is the fastest-growing job in the U.S. again, according to LinkedIn. (LinkedIn News)

The Supreme Court hears oral arguments Monday on the constitutionality of geofence warrants in Chatrie v. United States. (SCOTUSblog)

One of the oldest and most prestigious law firms in the country is in the spotlight for a raft of hallucinations. (The New York Times)

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