Artificial intelligence drives legal, technical, and policy shifts

The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence is creating significant shifts across legal, educational, and commercial sectors. In Brazil, the Superior Tribunal de Justiça (STJ) is addressing new challenges such as ‘prompt injection’—malicious commands hidden in documents intended to deceive AI models. Meanwhile, students in Recife have developed ‘Pense Bem’, a platform designed to combat AI-generated disinformation by assessing the risk of content before publication.

Technologically, the rise of ‘tool calling’ is expanding AI capabilities, allowing models to interact with external software like calculators or calendars to execute complex tasks. However, this automation faces hurdles; many websites are increasingly blocking AI agents to protect business models and prevent unauthorized financial transactions or data scraping.

Corporate policies are also evolving. Meta is implementing new terms that may allow the company to use content from associated websites and publishers to train its AI models. Additionally, concerns persist regarding the impact of AI on human cognition, with studies suggesting that over-reliance on these tools in education may hinder long-term learning and critical thinking skills.