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Artificial Intelligence and Law – An Overview of Recent Technological Changes in Large Language Models and Law

Surden, Harry, Artificial Intelligence and Law – An Overview of Recent Technological Changes in Large Language Models and Law (February 12, 2025). 96 Colorado Law Review pp. 376 – 411 (2025), U of Colorado Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 25-8, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5135305 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5135305 “This article, based upon a keynote address by …

Subjects: AI, Courts, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

Measuring the Rapidly Increasing Use of Artificial Intelligence in Legal Scholarship

Conklin, Michael and Houston, Christopher, Measuring the Rapidly Increasing Use of Artificial Intelligence in Legal Scholarship (March 23, 2025). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5190385 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5190385 “The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) has had a profound impact on nearly every industry, including legal academia. As AI-driven tools like ChatGPT become more prevalent, they raise critical …

Subjects: AI, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

An 80,000-year history of the tomato

The Works in Progress Newsletter: “Creating the perfect vegetable Walk into a supermarket anywhere in the world and chances are you’ll be able to find a tomato in mere minutes. While technically a fruit, the tomato is more often grouped with vegetables because, due to its low sugar content, it is used more like a …

Subjects: Education, Food and Nutrition

Data reveals Musk has delivered 0.25% of promised federal spending cuts

Musk Watch: “With Musk now preparing to scale back his work for the White House, he joined a farewell Cabinet meeting last Wednesday, during which he took credit for saving the federal government $160 billion. However, the real number appears to be much lower, particularly when considering how much DOGE could save taxpayers in future …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Legal Research

Tariff Tracker: We’re Watching Prices for 11 Products You Might Need to Buy

CNET – “President Donald Trump’s extensive new tariffs are expected to have huge, widespread effects on prices in the US, with more and more companies announcing price hikes for popular products. Recently, Microsoft announced price increases across its Xbox gaming brand, Canon announced that increases for its cameras are coming soon and toymaker Mattel warned of inevitable …

Subjects: E-Commerce, Economy, Government Documents, Internet, Legal Research

Warning – 19 Billion Compromised Passwords Have Been Published Online

Critical Insights from FortiGuard Labs – 2025 Global Threat Landscape Report: “Our latest global threat landscape report uncovers how automation, AI, and stolen credentials are fueling faster, more scalable cyberattacks—outpacing defenders across industries and geographies.” Forbes: Warning – 19 Billion Compromised Passwords Have Been Published Online – “Imagine having access to 19,030,305,929 passwords that were …

Subjects: AI, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, ID Theft, Internet, Privacy

DOGE aims to pool federal data, putting personal information at risk

Washington Post [no paywall]: “The goal — a centralized system with unprecedented access to data about Social Security, taxes, medical diagnoses and other private information — would create a multitude of vulnerabilities, experts say. The U.S. DOGE Service is racing to build a single centralized database with vast troves of personal information about millions of …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, E-Records, Government Documents, Health Care, Legal Research, Medicine

Tired of Traditional Web Search? These Are the Best AI Search Engines We’ve Tested

PC Mag: “Google’s Gemini and Microsoft’s Copilot (among others) have successfully made AI chatbots mainstream and serve as viable alternatives to standard web search engines. In turn, the standard search engines from those companies (along with alternative ones) have adopted some AI elements. Bing, for example, now offers the Copilot Search feature that shows you …

Subjects: AI, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Search Engines

Don’t Get Burned: 7 Tariff-Beating Tips for Buying Tech in 2025

PC Mag – Concerned about high prices that might come with tariffs? Our experts offer handy buying advice to help you navigate this tricky global trade war.”Uncertainty reigns in global trade, with tensions brought on by the Trump administration’s decision to levy tariffs—taxation based on a percentage of a product’s value—on imports from countries near …

Subjects: E-Commerce, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Internet, Legal Research

SUVs Make Traffic Worse And Are More Dangerous Than Cars

Forbes [no paywall] – Two new studies demonstrate some major downsides to upsizing our cars: “Our vehicles have never been bigger or heavier than they are now. Take the Ford F150 truck. Between 1991 and 2025, it got 75cm longer, 20 cm taller, and 483 kg heavier. But it’s not alone; the same trend of …

Subjects: Climate Change, Environmental Law, Government Documents, Health Care, Transportation

Using AI Can Be Ethically Iffy. Here’s How to Do It Right

PC Mag: “Like it or not, artificial intelligence is here to stay. You’ve probably heard a lot of chatter about how it’s an incredible tool that can transform society and a malevolent force that steals work and is destined to put us all out of a job. The truth, of course, lies somewhere in between. …

Subjects: AI, Copyright, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

How to Use the A.I.-Powered Writing Tools on Your Phone

The New York Times – no paywall: “Artificial intelligence software has given editing tools a huge boost in power, far beyond the spell-checkers and grammar aids of yore. A.I. can proofread, rewrite, summarize and compose text, making it simple to craft clean, complex documents in a flash — even on a smartphone. If you haven’t …

Subjects: AI, Knowledge Management

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