The University of Chicago Law School yesterday released a comprehensive AI Strategy Statement that will reshape how it teaches first-year students, how it assesses upper-level writing, and how it integrates AI tools across its curriculum — including a pilot program that will prohibit laptops, tablets and phones in all core 1L classes starting this fall.
Next killer AI feature is no AI!
Computerworld.com reported that “As artificial intelligence creeps into every corner of our lives, an absence of AI may soon be a premium experience worth paying for.” The July 9, 2026 article entitled “The next killer AI feature? No AI at all” (https://www.computerworld.com/article/4193950/killer-ai-feature.html) included these comments:
It’s an almost amusingly extreme contrast: While the
AI Will Be A New Species – Will it have a Soul?
In the not-too-distant future a form of AI will develop into a new species. It will eventually have legal rights.
I started writing this in December of 2024. I’ve returned to it six times and each subsequent visit, it feels more likely.
Over the last few years in the Q&A section of my presentations attendees
Two Years After Launching Its AI Assistant Archie, Smokeball Rolls Out the ‘Next Generation’ Built on Agentic AI, and Embedded in Word and Outlook
Two years ago, the law practice management company Smokeball gave me an exclusive preview of its plans for an AI ecosystem spanning the full client lifecycle, anchored by an AI matter assistant called Archie, which it formally launched in July 2024. Now the company has released the next generation of Archie AI, a major overhaul
New Book “How To AI” Is A Keeper
The obvious trap for a book about AI is that the rapid pace of new developments makes most books age quickly. It’s kind of like writing a treatise on current K-Pop stars.
Christopher Mims’ new book How to AI: Cut Through the Hype. Master the Basics. Transform Your Work will have more lasting value.
Centari Launches External Views, Enabling Firms to Share Deal Intelligence Dashboards Directly with Clients
Centari, an AI platform for managing complex transactions, today launched External Views, a capability that allows law firms to create white-labeled dashboards and share them directly with clients. The feature builds on Centari’s Views capability, introduced earlier this year, which enables firms to analyze transaction trends, benchmark market positions, and visualize deal data across their
Worth Reading – America is Heading Toward the Infinite Workweek Thanks to AI
Wait, I thought AI was supposed to give us more time back?
Turns out that’s not what is going on; the AI is creating more work and raising expectations that we all keep doing more.
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Illinois Enacts Frontier Model Safety Law
On July 6, 2026, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed into law SB 315, a frontier model safety act that resembles the New York RAISE Act, discussed in our prior blog post here, and California’s Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act (TFAIA), discussed in our prior blog post here. The law takes effect