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TechCrunch: “Legal AI might not sound like the sexiest category in Silicon Valley, but Harvey‘s CEO Winston Weinberg has captured the attention of virtually every top-tier investor in the Valley. The company’s cap table reads like a who’s who of venture capital: the OpenAI Startup Fund (its first institutional investor), Sequoia Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Elad …
Traders Magazine: “The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has published its Final Report on the Tokenization of Financial Assets. The financial sector has been actively exploring distributed ledger technology (DLT) to deliver services and tokenize financial assets. While tokenization may enhance efficiency and transparency, it also introduces new risks — or amplifies existing ones …
Overview available free – survey requires subscription: “The efficiency and value of AI Proof of Concept (PoCs) projects and pilots are the subject of heated debate, fuelled by reports claiming that only a handful make it to production. This has been interpreted as proof that generative AI is failing to scale, that stalled PoCs mean …
Washington Post via MSN: “The Justice Department has lost thousands of experienced attorneys since the start of the Trump administration and has backfilled a fraction of the open jobs, with the process snarled by a lack of qualified candidates, bureaucratic delays and hiring freezes, according to people familiar with hirings in the department. Last year, …
@osintambition held a free online #osint conference with dozens of speakers and thousands of participants. If you missed anything, you can watch videos of the talks in this playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist From Program One “Investigators can’t afford to spend endless hours chasing a single target. Classic OSINT skills are essential, but they eventually hit limits of …
404 Media: “A judge in Washington has ruled that police images taken by Flock’s AI license plate-scanning cameras are public records that can be requested as part of normal public records requests. The decision highlights the sheer volume of the technology-fueled surveillance state in the United States, and shows that at least in some cases, …
The New York Times Gift Article – “Epstein Files Live Updates: Trump Named in Emails Released by Democrats and Republicans. Messages in which Jeffrey Epstein discussed President Trump were among 20,000 documents posted online. Mr. Trump blamed Democrats as the White House rushed to block further revelations. The mocking and accusatory voice of Jeffrey Epstein …
Semefor: “The largest pre-publication repository of scientific studies announced it would no longer accept computer science review papers because of the rise of fake AI-generated content. arXiv is a preprint site, which accepts papers before peer review with minimal moderation. It allows wider access to research that is usually behind paywalls, and vastly speeds up …
ABA – Stepehen Embry: “I often hear from lawyers and legal professionals from small or solo firms about cost concerns when it comes to the use of AI, particularly for legal research. They worry about being left behind and being placed at a competitive disadvantage compared to large firms with sophisticated tools. They are literally …
Good Jobs First: “In the past year, four the biggest tech giants, Amazon, Google, Meta and Microsoft, spent an estimated $360 billion on capital expenditures, mostly building data centers across the U.S.; even more investment is projected in the next several years. Most of that will be spent on purchasing building materials and specialized equipment, …
Ars Technica – I got hacked; I lost my login; it was a rough draft; toggling windows is hard. “Amid what one judge called an “epidemic” of fake AI-generated case citations bogging down courts, some common excuses are emerging from lawyers hoping to dodge the most severe sanctions for filings deemed misleading. Using a database …
The New York Times – “More lawyers are using artificial intelligence to write legal briefs. Some colleagues are publicizing the A.I.-generated errors…While judges and bar associations generally agree that it’s fine for lawyers to use chatbots for research, they must still ensure their filings are accurate. But as the technology has taken off, so has …
