The United States - 1. What is the understanding or definition of AI in your jurisdiction?

168 IBA Alternative and New Law Business Structures Committee the National AI Initiative Act of 2020, effective 1 January 2021,357 establishing the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative to ensure US leadership in AI research and development and prepare the workforce for integration of AI systems across the economy and society in general. [...] Are there already actual court decisions on the provision of legal services using AI or decisions concerning other sectors that might be applicable to the use of AI in the provision of legal services? ‘Artificial intelligence’ as a phrase has appeared in over 200 cases, both reported and unreported, throughout the US, but that does not mean the fact of AI itself was a litigable issue. [...] What is the current status – planned, discussed or implemented – of the sectorial legislation in your jurisdiction on the use of AI in the legal profession or services that are traditionally being rendered by lawyers? The rules of professional responsibility governing lawyers address AI indirectly. [...] This also implicates ABA Model Rule 1.4, requiring the lawyer to ‘reasonably consult with the client about the means by which the client’s objectives are to be accomplished.’ Whether or not the client may be billed for the use of AI implicates Rule 1.5 and the reasonableness of fees; whether AI is treated as an overhead or a cost that may be passed on to the client is an issue. [...] ABA Model Rule 1.6 mandates that the ‘lawyer shall make reasonable efforts to prevent the inadvertent or unauthorised disclosure of, or unauthorised access to, information relating to the representation of a client.’ The use of AI, particularly where cloud storage or other licensing arrangements are involved, implicate who is using it, who sees the raw data and the results, who has access, and the.