Monthly archives: May, 2023

Poor writing, not specialized concepts, drives processing difficulty in legal language

Eric Martínez, Francis Mollica, Edward Gibson, Poor writing, not specialized concepts, drives processing difficulty in legal language, Cognition, Volume 224, 2022, 105070 [h/t Pete Weiss]. “Despite their ever-increasing presence in everyday life, contracts remain notoriously inaccessible to laypeople. Why? Here, a corpus analysis (n ≈10 million words) revealed that contracts contain startlingly high proportions of …

Subjects: Education, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

In Pursuit of a Better Book How AI fixes e-books’ sins

Every: “To embrace e-books is to embrace change, to accept that books are collections of words and ideas, to believe that the form factor of a book is not sacred. For a book is “a written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together,” according to the New Oxford American Dictionary. An e-book, …

Subjects: Knowledge Management, Libraries

Sound Recordings of Supreme Court of the United States Now Fully Digitized

NARA: “The Moving Image and Sound Branch is pleased to announce that the sound recordings of RG 267: Records of the Supreme Court of the United States have been fully digitized and are available for listening and download through the National Archives Catalog. The audio recordings in Record Group 267 are organized into three series, …

Subjects: Courts, Education, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

Top Cyberattacks Revealed in New Threat Intelligence Report

Dark Reading: “New report provides actionable intelligence about attacks, threat actors, and campaigns. Ismael Valenzuela, Vice President of Threat Research & Intelligence, BlackBerry. We recognize that in today’s world, security leaders must expand their focus beyond technologies and their vulnerabilities. To effectively manage risk, security leaders must continually analyze the global threat landscape and understand …

Subjects: AI, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Economy, Financial System, Internet, Legal Research

Best Practices for Disclosure and Citation When Using Artificial Intelligence Tools

Shope, Mark, Best Practices for Disclosure and Citation When Using Artificial Intelligence Tools (January 26, 2023). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4338115 “This article is intended to be a best practices guide for disclosing the use of artificial intelligence tools in legal writing. The article focuses on using artificial intelligence tools that aid in drafting textual material, …

Subjects: AI, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

LLRX May 2023 Issue

Is using Generative AI just another form of outsourcing?– Is the implementation of generative AI simply a new flavor of outsourcing? How does this digital revolution reflect on our interpretation of the American Bar Association’s (ABA) ethical guidelines? How can we ensure that we maintain the sacrosanct standards of our profession as we step into …

Subjects: AI, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Libraries, Privacy, Social Media

Chrome Extension Helps Students Prove AI Didn’t Write Their Essays

Slash Gear: “…Draftback is a Google Chrome browser extension available as a free download from the Chrome Web Store. When installed, Draftback adds a special button to the top of a Google Doc interface that retraces the entire revision history of the document. As the extension’s creator, writer, and programmer James Somers explains on the …

Subjects: AI, Education, Internet, Knowledge Management

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, May 27, 2023

Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, May 27, 2023 – Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly …

Subjects: AI, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Privacy

From Ethics to Law: Why, When, and How to Regulate AI

Chesterman, Simon, From Ethics to Law: Why, When, and How to Regulate AI (April 29, 2023). Forthcoming in The Handbook of the Ethics of AI edited by David J. Gunkel (Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.), NUS Law Working Paper No. 2023/014, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4432941 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4432941 “The past decade has seen a proliferation of guides, …

Subjects: AI, Congress, Government Documents, Legal Research

We build digital tools to accelerate scientific research

The Macrocosm Consortium: “This group is part of an experiment in building digital projects with specific focus on civilizational scale. We’re made up of a group of young people who enjoy tinkering on projects with high potential and immediate impact. It’s easier than it’s ever been to build incredible things. The insane productivity that’s being …

Subjects: AI, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Patent and Trademark

3000+ Most Popular AI Websites Sorted By Monthly Traffic

iLib: 3000+ Most Popular AI Websites Sorted By Monthly Traffic. “The rapid pace of innovation in the AI field can be exhausting, and that’s why we created a list of the most visited AI websites.”

Subjects: AI, Internet, Knowledge Management

New EPIC Report Sheds Light on Generative A.I. Harms

“EPIC has just released a new report detailing the wide variety of harms that new generative A.I. tools like ChatGPT, Midjourney, and DALL-E pose. While many of these tools have been lauded for their capability to produce new and believable text, images, audio, and videos, the rapid integration of generative AI technology into consumer-facing products …

Subjects: AI, Legal Research

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