Coral Reefs and Climate Change: A Legal Solution to Preserving Global Ecosystems

ABA: “Coral reefs are dying at a rapid pace. In fact, half of the world’s corals are gone.  The death of these biologically diverse underwater structures will result in job loss, the destruction of crucial ecosystems, and limited food supply to over half a billion people worldwide.  Despite the essential benefits coral reefs bring, reefs …

Subjects: Climate Change, Environmental Law, Legal Research

The Artificial Intelligence Glossary

Law.com – The Artificial Intelligence Glossary  – “A guide to the key terms you need to know and understand when discussing AI. Artificial intelligence is dominating conversations across all industries, including legal. To help legal professionals navigate this fast evolving space, below, we define many of the key terms and concepts relating to AI. This …

Subjects: AI, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

OpenCorporates OpenRefine service

Open Refine Reconciliation API: version 0.4.8 – Introduction – The Open Refine Reconciliation API allows OpenRefine users to match company names to legal corporate entities. This is especially useful when you have an existing spreadsheet or dataset featuring lots of companies. Matching (or reconciling) to legal entities allows you to get more information about the …

Subjects: Legal Research

We’ve Just Lived Through a Financial Accident

Think Adviser – Mohamed El-Erian: Overly loose monetary policy led to the current financial accident, Allianz’s chief economic advisor said. He predicted that the Fed will now start to retreat from its inflation fight, which will be bad in the long term. Depositors shouldn’t worry, El-Erian noted. See also DataTrek – Silicon Valley Bank’s issues …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System

Opinionate.io

Opinionate.io – Let AI debate your own topic or press Generate topic. Two debaters and a moderator. You indicate how many arguments each debater should present. I posited, “why should the abortion pill be available at all pharmacies in America?” The arguments were cogent and well articulated.

Subjects: AI, Internet, Knowledge Management

BookFinder.com

“BookFinder.com is a one-stop ecommerce search engine that searches over 150 million books for sale—new, used, rare, out-of-print, and textbooks. We save you time and money by searching every major catalog online, and letting you know which booksellers are offering the best prices and selection. When you find a book you like, you can buy …

Subjects: E-Commerce, Libraries, Search Engines

ChatGPT and AI Applications for In-house Lawyers

ACC Docket: “The explosive emergence of ChatGPT as a consumer tool has catapulted Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its subfield, natural language processing (NLP), to the technology stage. As AI and NLP continue to evolve, the use of AI-powered tools, such as the Generative Pre-trained Transformer (GPT), in the legal industry has become increasingly prevalent. Many …

Subjects: AI, E-Records, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

AI Content Detector

“How does the AI Content Detector work? The AI Detector is trained to precisely predict the origin of the text by using a combination of machine learning algorithms along with natural language processing techniques.  Using a vast dataset of content created by AI and human-written content, the tool is trained to learn the patterns and …

Subjects: AI, Knowledge Management

Current Causes of Death in Children and Adolescents in the United States

New England Journal of Medicine: “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released updated official mortality data that showed 45,222 firearm-related deaths in the United States in 2020 — a new peak. Although previous analyses have shown increases in firearm-related mortality in recent years (2015 to 2019), as compared with the relatively stable …

Subjects: Government Documents, Health Care, Legal Research, Legislation

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, March 11, 2023

Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, March 11, 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: Courts, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Internet, Legal Research, Privacy, Search Engines

Only 14 countries have full equal rights for women

World Economic Forum: “There are only 14 countries in the world which offer full legal protections to women, according to the report Women, Business and the Law 2023, recently published by the World Bank. Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain and Sweden as well as Germany and the Netherlands were …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Economy, Legal Research