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A new report shows that just 10 percent of law firms have implemented specific policies to guide their organization’s use of generative AI.

Even OpenAI warns that chatting with an AI voice can breed “emotional reliance.”

Columbia's Tow Center for Digital Journalism report shows that ChatGPT Search may not be as accurate as advertised.

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In 2025, AI is poised to change every aspect of democratic politics—but it won’t necessarily be for the worse. India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, has used AI to translate his speeches for his multilingual electorate in real time, demonstrating how AI can help diverse democracies to be more inclusive. AI avatars were used by presidential candidates in South Korea in electioneering, enabling them to provide answers to thousands of voters’ questions simultaneously. We are also starting to see AI tools aid fundraising and get-out-the-vote efforts. AI techniques are starting to augment more traditional polling methods, helping campaigns get cheaper and faster data. And congressional candidates have started using AI robocallers to engage voters on issues. In 2025, these trends will continue. AI doesn’t need to be superior to human experts to augment the labor of an overworked canvasser, or to write ad copy similar to that of a junior campaign staffer or volunteer. Politics is competitive, and any technology that can bestow an advantage, or even just garner attention, will be used...

ChatGPT users could eventually see advertisements in the app as the company seeks new ways to raise money.

A new Deloitte report shows that agentic AI may be closer than you think.

Why Your AI Training Strategy Needs to Start with Hearts, Not Keyboards

By Dr Tristan Jenkinson Introduction In part one of this series, I discussed a section within Practice Direction 57AD which could potentially be used to allow for the use of Generative AI for the c…

Get expert advice on developing an artificial intelligence (AI) policy. Learn from the perspectives of AI platforms like ChatGPT4o and Gemini.

By Dr Tristan Jenkinson Introduction At the recent Legal 500 Commercial Litigation Conference in London, one of the panels focused on the question “Do the existing Practice Directions support the a…

New reports highlight fears of diminishing returns for traditional LLM training.

Other Windows Insider updates include new CPU instructions for Prism x86 emulator.

Trump plans to repeal Biden’s 2023 order and levy tariffs on GPU imports.

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Companies need to put their data houses in order before moving ahead with generative AI initiatives, warn two new surveys.

Department of Education and Early Development Commissioner Bishop said the false citations were in a draft she used generative AI to create.

OpenAI has released a new benchmark test to assess the factual accuracy of AI models and found their own lacking

As we navigate the fast-evolving world of artificial intelligence, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) models have become a staple in the legal industry.

The researcher in charge of making sure OpenAI (and the world) is prepared for artificial general intelligence (AGI) has resigned.

A senior executive with ContractPodAi discusses how legal AI poses economic benefits for in-house departments and disruption risks for law firm billing models.

Alex Smith | As more lawyers begin to lean on generative AI tools, there is a rising question about how this will impact pricing.

The renowned security expert says fully transparent models can help us turn AI into a tool that produces benefits for everyone.

This is part of TechCrunch’s ongoing Women in AI series, which seeks to give AI-focused women academics and others their time in the spotlight.

AI models from major companies are failing to meet EU AI Act standards, facing challenges in cybersecurity and discriminatory output compliance.

Apple has used a new benchmark test to establish that major AI models are not capable of genuine logical reasoning

Rest of World analyzed 3,000 AI images to see how image generators visualize different countries and cultures.

A new survey of 475 inhouse professionals across the US has found that 58% of them expect a ‘reduced reliance on outside providers for routine tasks’, because of the use of genAI. Meanwhile, 23% of…

The era of politically-motivated AI slop is here and it sucks.