Category «AI»

Richard Susskind on AI for Lawyers: A Review of ‘How to Think About AI’

Jerry Lawson, attorneys@work: “…Replacing Fuzzy Thinking with Clear Models. This is not a book of answers. It is a book of questions. Susskind does not pretend to have solutions to all thorny issues around artificial intelligence. His goal is to help readers identify the issues and suggest some clear ways of thinking about them. Susskind’s …

Subjects: AI, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Recommended Books

Lifting the American Supreme Court Veil: Identifying Authorship in Unsigned Opinions

Avraham, Ronen and Sharan, Roded and Kricheli Katz, Tamar and Nasser, Rami, Lifting the American Supreme Court Veil: Identifying Authorship in Unsigned Opinions (March 27, 2025). U of Texas Law, Legal Studies Research Paper, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5207281 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5207281 The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) issues 10-15 % of its opinions unsigned, …

Subjects: AI, Courts, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

“AI will replace all the jobs!” Is Just Tech Execs Doing Marketing

SparkToro: “… Folks who claim AI will destroy the labor market have claimed this radical change is “only a few years away,” “on the immediate horizon,” or “imminent,” for the last 5 years, yet we’re at historically low unemployment (yes, even accounting for underemployment and the way the BLS counts employment). The US labor market …

Subjects: AI, Economy, Internet, Knowledge Management

No AI, no job. These companies are requiring workers to use the tech.

Washington Post no paywall – Employees are increasingly expected to up their productivity by incorporating artificial intelligence into their day-to-day tasks…From Duolingo to Meta to e-commerce firm Shopify and cloud storage company Box [and Law 360], more companies are mandating their executives and teams implement AI-first strategies in areas such as risk assessment, hiring and …

Subjects: AI, E-Mail, E-Records, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Microsoft

2024 Political Tech Landscape Report

Higher Ground Labs: “Each year, we track developments across the political technology space, providing a window into how our ecosystem is evolving—and what it means for Democratic campaigns and progressive infrastructure. This year’s report focuses on the turbulent 2024 election cycle and the hard lessons it left in its wake. The 2024 election presented enormous …

Subjects: AI, Congress, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Social Media

LLRX May 2025 Issue – Articles and Columns

LLRX May 2025 Issue – Articles and Columns The fallacy of the calculator – Jordan Furlong Safeguarding the Docket: A Roadmap for AI Agent Integration into Patent Docketing Workflows – This paper by John Schulte outlines the potential benefits of using AI agents in docketing workflows and proposes an implementation roadmap, including three key safeguards for …

Subjects: AI, Censorship, Civil Liberties, Climate Change, Cryptocurrency, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Government, Education, Environmental Law, Financial System, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Legislation, Patent and Trademark, Recommended Books

Deep Research with AI: 9 Ways to Get Started

Wonder Tools: “The AI search landscape is transforming at breakneck speed. New “Deep Research” tools from ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity autonomously search and gather information from dozens — even hundreds — of sites, then analyze and synthesize it to produce comprehensive reports. While a human might take days or weeks to produce these 30-page citation-backed …

Subjects: AI, Internet, Knowledge Management, Search Engines

Which Legal AI Tools Are Law Firms Actually Using, How They Use Them, And Trends in AI Use

Artificial Lawyer: “A survey by Skills of which legal AI tools law firms are actually using provides multiple insights into where we are today. For example, Kira – which is part of Litera – remains by far the most popular tool for due diligence review. But, it’s followed by Harvey’s Vault feature – a relatively …

Subjects: AI, Courts, Economy, Education, Financial System, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Search Engines

Safeguarding the Docket: A Roadmap for AI Agent Integration into Patent Docketing Workflows

Via LLRX – Safeguarding the Docket: A Roadmap for AI Agent Integration into Patent Docketing Workflows – Deadlines are everything in patent law. A missed deadline can result in abandoned patent applications, loss of rights, and costly malpractice claims. Accordingly, deadline management is one of the most important functions of patent docketing. Traditional docketing systems …

Subjects: AI, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Patent and Trademark

Most of us will leave behind a large ‘digital legacy’ when we die.

The Conversation – Here’s how to plan what happens to it: “Imagine you are planning the funeral music for a loved one who has died. You can’t remember their favourite song, so you try to login to their Spotify account. Then you realise the account login is inaccessible, and with it has gone their personal …

Subjects: AI, E-Mail, E-Records, Education, Financial System, Knowledge Management, Social Media