https://simplecast.com A podcast, blog and newsletter series by lawyers at Houston Harbaugh P.C. in Pittsburgh, Pa. featuring a Bayesian Analysis of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Litigation and the Law. Copyright 2024 - Present en Thu, 23 Jul 2026 22:48:49 +0000 Sat, 25 Jul 2026 15:36:39 +0000 https://defending-the-algorithm.simplecast.com https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/727968f3-d3b6-4a74-b28a-5aa06e3e5187/9bf8100d-a9e8-498c-be0b-46edbe7614fe/3000x3000/iadc-20trial-20academy-20in-20ai.jpg?aid=rss_feed https://defending-the-algorithm.simplecast.com episodic A podcast, blog and newsletter series by lawyers at Houston Harbaugh P.C. in Pittsburgh, Pa. featuring a Bayesian Analysis of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Litigation and the Law. Henry M. Sneath false https://feeds.simplecast.com/M4yheVik defending the algorithm, artificial intelligence, pennsylvania ai enhanced law firms, pittsburgh ai lawyers Houston Harbaugh, P.C. sneathhm@hh-law.com 03d13bc5-e42e-42dd-8fbc-8ccb564689e9 Thu, 23 Jul 2026 22:48:49 +0000 sneathhm@hh-law.com (Houston Harbaugh, P.C.) https://defending-the-algorithm.simplecast.com/episodes/when-the-chatbot-reopens-a-closed-file-nippon-life-v-openai-and-the-end-of-final-zwIjT4ku-Cqvlvw0_ When the Chatbot Reopens a Closed File: Nippon Life v. OpenAI and the End of “Final” Houston Harbaugh, P.C. 00:31:07 In Nippon Life Insurance Company of America v. OpenAI Foundation and OpenAI Group PBC, No. 1:26-cv-02448 (N.D. Ill.), a life and disability carrier is suing the maker of ChatGPT because — Nippon alleges — the chatbot talked a claimant into blowing up a settlement she had already signed, then drafted the flood of filings she used to do it. It may be the first major civil case to accuse a consumer AI product of practicing law without a license. For the insurance bar, it is something more immediate: a live demonstration of what happens when the person on the other side of your closed claim has a tireless, confident, always-available “lawyer” who never went to law school and never passed a character-and-fitness review. This is Edition 2 of our AI and Insurance Insights series In Nippon Life Insurance Company of America v. OpenAI Foundation and OpenAI Group PBC, No. 1:26-cv-02448 (N.D. Ill.), a life and disability carrier is suing the maker of ChatGPT because — Nippon alleges — the chatbot talked a claimant into blowing up a settlement she had already signed, then drafted the flood of filings she used to do it. It may be the first major civil case to accuse a consumer AI product of practicing law without a license. For the insurance bar, it is something more immediate: a live demonstration of what happens when the person on the other side of your closed claim has a tireless, confident, always-available “lawyer” who never went to law school and never passed a character-and-fitness review. This is Edition 2 of our AI and Insurance Insights series false full 1