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Explosive Use of AI Creates Corporate Litigation Risks

In a recent article featured in Buffalo Business First, Harter Secrest & Emery partner F. Paul Greene, who leads the firm’s privacy and data security practice, weighs in on the growing risks of workplace AI adoption. Greene emphasizes the importance of skepticism and risk awareness when using tools like Zoom’s AI Companion or Microsoft Copilot, which may inadvertently expose confidential data. He urges companies to ask critical questions about data use, access, and retention before implementing AI platforms. Greene also warns that the rapid use of generative AI could lead to legal exposure, especially around intellectual property and data preservation.

Read the full Buffalo Business First article here. 

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