On Oct. 17, the latest legal AI story hit the general news cycle when rapper Pras Michel, formerly of the Fugees, blamed his federal conviction, at least in part, on his defense counsel's use of EyeLevel.ai, an allegedly "experimental AI program," in preparing closing arguments. Michel was convicted of conspiring with a fugitive Malaysian financier to influence two U.S. presidential administrations in an alleged lobbying schemes involving straw campaign donations, acting as a foreign agent for China and witness-tampering.