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LawSites, Bob Ambrogi: “Law libraries across academia, private practice, and government are contending with rapid changes in technology, staffing, and service delivery, according to the 2025 State of the Profession report released this week by the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL). Based on survey responses from 510 legal information professionals across the United States, …
Ars Technica: “Last week, OpenAI raised objections in court, hoping to overturn a court order requiring the AI company to retain all ChatGPT logs “indefinitely,” including deleted and temporary chats. But Sidney Stein, the US district judge reviewing OpenAI’s request, immediately denied OpenAI’s objections. He was seemingly unmoved by the company’s claims that the order …
Changing the Game – Algorithmic Game Theory in Ransomware Negotiations – Ransomware attacks are a growing threat, inflicting significant operational, financial, and reputational damage on organizations worldwide. With attackers exploiting information asymmetry, traditional game theory negotiation strategies are inadequate in minimizing these risks. This paper by Jawad Ramal explores how Algorithmic Game Theory (AGT) can strengthen …
Washington Post via MSN – no paywall: “It all happened so quickly. On June 6, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents descended upon Los Angeles, raiding businesses and arresting more than 40 people. Once word got out on social media, protests began and L.A. Taco’s six-person news team headed out to the streets. Investigative reporter Lexis-Olivier …
Artificial Lawyer: “A new study by LexisNexis, conducted for them by Forrester, and using a model inhouse legal team of a hypothetical $10 billion company, found that if they were using AI tools at scale internally it could reduce work sent to law firms by 13%, based on the volume of matters handled. Other key …
KM World, Marydee Ojala – “Attention to AI technologies, including generative AI and agentic AI, has escalated significantly since we expanded our list to 100 companies last year. It seems almost intuitively obvious to say there’s been a revolutionary transformation in KM, driven by and pushed into due to AI technologies. On the one hand, …
Calishat: “I’ve been on a bit of a local search kick lately. Last month I created No Kings TV, which monitored news about the protests in 20 different US metro areas. Shortly after that, I made Local News TV, which lets users browse 660 local American TV stations by state/metro area and get recent content …
Floridi, Luciano, AI and Semantic Pareidolia: When We See Consciousness Where There Is None (June 18, 2025). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5309682 – “The article introduces the concept of “semantic pareidolia” – our tendency to attribute consciousness, intelligence, and emotions to AI systems that lack these qualities. It examines how this psychological phenomenon leads us to perceive …
Follow up to Anthropic destroyed millions of print books to build its AI models via The Guardian: “Last week, tech companies notched several victories in the fight over their use of copyrighted text to create artificial intelligence products. Anthropic: A US judge has ruled that Anthropic, maker of the Claude chatbot, use of books to …
ZME Science – Most users don’t even know this type of surveillance exists: “On the internet, it’s easy to feel anonymous. If you don’t log in, no one can see who you are; you can even switch to incognito mode. The more savvy user would say that’s not really enough. To be anonymous, you need …
NiemanLab: “A new policy at Law360, the legal news service owned by LexisNexis, requires that every story pass through an AI-powered “bias” detection tool before publication. The Law360 Union, which represents over 200 editorial staffers across the 350-person newsroom, has denounced the mandate since it went into effect in mid-May. On June 17, unit chair …
