ABA Journal “Using artificial intelligence to write admissions essays now comes with significant risks at the University of Michigan Law School, which recently asked applicants to certify that they did not use the technology for drafting purposes. False statements could result in the cancellation of an admissions offer or expulsion Read more…
Bloomberg Law “There are often disconnects between how people say they feel and what they genuinely feel. Understanding emotions can be challenging for humans, and artifical intelligence really falls short in its ability to grasp the nuances of human motivations at the core of many disputes. AI-based mediation uses sophisticated Read more…
ABA Journal “Large language models such as ChatGPT are all the rage these days. A lot of commentators, legal professionals, lawyers and media outlets, have spent a lot of time examining this game changing technology. This isn’t the first time that a promising piece of legal technology upended the legal Read more…
” Updated: In the fall of 2022, David Wakeling, head of law firm Allen & Overy’s Markets Innovation Group in London, got a glimpse of the future. Months before the release of ChatGPT, he demoed Harvey, a platform built on OpenAI’s GPT technology and tailored for major law firms. “As Read more…
“A Massachusetts judge has refused to toss a $636 million malpractice lawsuit contending that a botched contract drafted by Proskauer Rose caused its client’s loss of a minority interest in a hedge fund. Judge Kenneth W. Salinger of the Suffolk County Superior Court in Massachusetts ruled for former Proskauer Rose Read more…
“ChatGPT and other conversational artificial intelligence built with large language models could radically change how the legal industry operates, giving early adopters a major advantage. For instance, conversational AI can automate routine tasks such as document review and contract analysis for lawyers, and help them perform legal research and writing Read more…
“A policy allowing only “respectful and courteous” public comments at town meetings violates the state constitution, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled. The Massachusetts town of Southborough’s comment policy violated protections for freedom of assembly and freedom of speech in the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights, the top state court Read more…
“If 40 states have implemented an ethical duty of competence in technology, why aren’t lawyers completely technologically competent? That’s a question Kenton Brice, the director of technology innovation at the University of Oklahoma College of Law, posed to the audience Thursday at ABA Techshow 2023. Brice, who moderated a panel Read more…
“A federal appeals court removed a legal hurdle to a new Texas law that social media platforms including Twitter and Facebook say will block them from moderating content to root out hate speech and extremism. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday put on hold a temporary injunction Read more…
Automated transcription startup lands $31M investment; CEO calls it ‘an important milestone’ I found this article in the ABA Journal. It was announcing that Verbit, the AI powered transcription platform- specializing in combining human and artificial intelligence to provide transcription and captioning solutions, secured a $31 million Series B funding Read more…