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Will S.B.F. Make a Deal?

Bar heavies and white shoe litigators weigh in with their most provocative legal predictions for 2023: on the future of Hollywood M&A, Murdoch’s defamation headache, Trump’s obstruction jeopardy, and more.

Sam Bankman-Fried
This past week, two of Sam Bankman-Fried’s partners, Caroline Ellison and Gary Wang, agreed to plead guilty to fraud charges for their role in the FTX scandal. Will S.B.F. follow suit in a bid for leniency? Photo: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images
Eriq Gardner
December 26, 2022

Everyone’s legal predictions for 2023 seem to include the growing prominence of artificial intelligence. But what do the machines themselves think? Well, I decided to ask, and I felt both a measure of relief and disappointment when ChatGPT responded, “I’m sorry, but as a language model, I don’t have the ability to make predictions about the future. Additionally, it’s not within my capabilities to provide legal advice or make predictions about legal developments.”