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title: "Summarise the generative-tool authorities that were opened"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/technology-media-and-telecommunications-it-contracts/summarise-ai-regulatory-developments/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A24-B8-3-US"
practice_area: "Technology, Media & Telecommunications / IT Contracts"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Summarise the generative-tool authorities that were opened

> List only Formal Opinion 512, the California 2026 practical guidance, and SEC Release 2023-139, with the date each source prints and the point the lawyer asks about.…

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Technology, Media & Telecommunications / IT Contracts](https://ailawframework.com/practice/technology-media-and-telecommunications-it-contracts.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | List only Formal Opinion 512, the California 2026 practical guidance, and SEC Release 2023-139, with the date each source prints and the point the lawyer asks about. Do not add a statute, a rule, or a date that is not in those sources. |
| What the lawyer must review | Formal Opinion 512, dated 29 July 2024, addresses a lawyer’s use of generative tools, including competence, confidentiality, and fees. The California guidance is the State Bar’s 2026 update of its practical guidance on generative artificial intelligence in the practice of law. SEC Press Release 2023-139, dated 26 July 2023, states that an Item 1.05 Form 8-K is generally due four business days after a registrant determines a cybersecurity incident is material, and that the disclosure may be delayed if the Attorney General determines that immediate disclosure would pose a substantial risk to national security or public safety and notifies the Commission in writing. The same release adopts Regulation S-K Item 106 for annual disclosure of cybersecurity processes. No general federal statute regulating generative tools was opened. The lawyer checks the summary against those three sources before it is sent. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Summarise AI regulatory developments](https://ailawframework.com/practice/technology-media-and-telecommunications-it-contracts/summarise-ai-regulatory-developments.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: List only Formal Opinion 512, the California 2026 practical guidance, and SEC Release 2023-139, with the date each source prints and the point the lawyer asks about. Do not add a statute, a rule, or a date that is not in those sources.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- This summary is not a survey of state AI statutes. Only the three sources were used.
- Item 1.05 applies to a registrant. It is not a duty of every company that uses a model.
- The four business days run from the materiality determination, not from discovery of the incident.

## Sources

- [ABA Formal Opinion 512, Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools (29 July 2024)](https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/professional_responsibility/ethics-opinions/aba-formal-opinion-512.pdf) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [State Bar of California, Practical Guidance for the Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence in the Practice of Law (2026 update)](https://www.calbar.ca.gov/Portals/0/documents/ethics/Generative-AI-Practical-Guidance.pdf) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [SEC Press Release 2023-139 (26 July 2023), cybersecurity disclosure rules](https://www.sec.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2023-139) (checked 2026-10-22)

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*