Here is my recent Daily Record column. My past Daily Record articles can be accessed here. **** Legal Ethics in the AI Era: The NYC Bar Weighs In Since November 2022, when the release of ChatGPT was first announced, many jurisdictions have released AI guidance. In this column, I’ve covered the advice rendered by many state ethics committees, including California, Florida, New Jersey, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, the American Bar Association, and most recently, Virginia. Now, the New York City Bar Association has entered the ring, issuing Formal Ethics Opinion 2024-5 on August 7th. The New York City Bar...
Practical and Adaptable AI Guidance Arrives From the Virginia State Bar
Here is my recent Daily Record column. My past Daily Record articles can be accessed here. **** Practical and Adaptable AI Guidance Arrives From the Virginia State Bar If you're concerned about the ethical issues surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) tools, the good news is that there's no shortage of guidance. A wealth of resources, guidelines, and recommendations are now available to help you navigate these concerns. Traditionally, bar associations have taken years to analyze the ethical implications of new and emerging technologies. However, generative AI has reversed this trend. Ethics guidance has emerged far more quickly, which is a very...
Spellbook Launches Associate: ‘First Full-Fledged’ Legal AI Agent
Spellbook, a pioneer in legal genAI, has launched ‘the first full-fledged AI agent’ for legal work. The agentic capability, branded ‘Associate’, aims to eliminate drudgery and unlock a new level of…
As we enter the Age of Accessible Law, a wave of new demand is coming our way — but AI will meet most of the surge. What will be left for lawyers? Just the most valuable and irreplaceable role in law.
Twenty years ago, I dreamed up a website where you would submit a list of eDiscovery keywords and queries and the site would critique the searches and suggest improvements to make them more efficie…
Yesterday, I sought to defend the value of my law school course on E-Discovery & Digital Evidence to a law Dean who readily conceded that she didn’t know what e-discovery was or why it would be…
A third of AI projects will be abandoned by businesses by the end of next year
Around 30% of generative AI projects will be abandoned by businesses by the end of 2025, Gartner has predicted, as they struggle to find a business use case for them, or find them too expensive.
IT leaders worry the rush to adopt Gen AI may have tech infrastructure repercussions
As pressure to harness generative AI to its full potential mounts, IT decision-makers are questioning whether their current network infrastructure is equipped to handle the growing demand.
Here is my recent Daily Record column. My past Daily Record articles can be accessed here. **** Pre-Trial AI Tools For Lawyers I often receive emails from lawyers who reach out after having read one of my articles about generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools. They frequently seek advice about implementing AI software in their firm. Some focus on ethics and accuracy concerns, while others ask for my input on which tools to use to address a workflow issue in their firm. These communications can sometimes inspire me to write articles about a specific type of AI software since it’s a...
New Report Highlights GenAI Adoption Trends in Law
Here is my recent Daily Record column. My past Daily Record articles can be accessed here. **** New Report Highlights GenAI Adoption Trends in Law For legal professionals facing an ever-evolving technology landscape shaped by rapid advancements in artificial intelligence, data-driven decisions are the key to successful adaptation. Because change is occurring quickly, up-to-date information is key. That’s where the Thomson Reuters Institute 2024 Generative AI in Professional Services Report comes in. This report highlights how professionals, including lawyers, view and use generative AI (GenAI). It offers insights into legal professionals’ attitudes and adoption rates and provides law firm leaders...
AI and automation may help enterprises transition to four-day workweeks by promoting asynchronous work, optimizing the exchange of information, and minimizing low-level tasks.
Businesses are rushing into GenAI before establishing adequate systems of governance, which could result in serious issues with quality and compliance down the road.
Research: Using AI at Work Makes Us Lonelier and Less Healthy
The promise of AI is alluring — optimized productivity, lightning-fast data analysis, and freedom from mundane tasks — and both companies and workers alike are fascinated (and more than a little dumbfounded) by how these tools allow them to do more and better work faster than ever before. Yet in fervor to keep pace with competitors and reap the efficiency gains associated with deploying AI, many organizations have lost sight of their most important asset: the humans whose jobs are being fragmented into tasks that are increasingly becoming automated. Across four studies, employees who use it as a core part of their jobs reported feeling lonelier, drinking more, and suffering from insomnia more than employees who don’t.
Adults Are Losing Their Shit About Teen Mental Health On Social Media, While Desperate Teens Are Using AI For Mental Help
It’s just like adults to be constantly diagnosing the wrong thing in trying to “save the children.” Over the last couple of years there’s been a mostly nonsense moral panic claiming that the teen m…