Boteach criticizes the ruling as a threat to AI privacy
Shmuley BoteachDefendant posting on his public X account
Boteach calls the targeted discovery order a threat to Americans' AI privacy and frames his objection in constitutional terms.
“JUDGE MARTY ELFENBEIN’S RULING HAS PUT EVERY AMERICAN’S AI PRIVACY AT RISK”
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Fontainebleau seeks Rabbi Shmuley's AI chats; he challenges the discovery requests
Fontainebleau argues that Shmuley Boteach's AI communications may bear on damages in its defamation suit. Boteach challenges the breadth of the requests and invokes work-product protection. An October 21 order permits specified categories while rejecting broader requests.
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Boteach criticizes the discovery order as a threat to AI privacy. The post also contains his separate accusations about the litigation.
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Boteach identifies the court's authorization of targeted AI subpoenas in his Fontainebleau litigation.
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He frames the dispute as a broader question of privacy, speech, due process and equal treatment.
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Why this label?
The case concerns discovery of his AI communications. Boteach expressly criticizes the ruling authorizing targeted requests.
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Read the full caseBoteach asks court to reject AI-provider subpoenas as drafted
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Fontainebleau argues Boteach's AI chats bear on damages
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“The prompts and chats are his mental state reduced to writing, and they are probative of damages.”Read statement
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