If the chaotic, fast-moving world of generative artificial intelligence is stressful for businesses and individuals, it may just be doubly strenuous for their counsel—who not only have to  guide them through this capricious time, but also arm themselves with the vast but nascent knowledge to do so.

A key development popping up on the legal radar this year has undoubtedly been "deepfakes," extremely realistic, albeit fabricated media created by generative AI technology. From defamation concerns to challenges facing e-discovery experts parsing through the new types of data, to courts precariously prepared for an influx of deepfake evidence, the threat to legal is substantial.