I wonder how much it costs to generate all those action figures, and “what does ChatGPT know about me” posts on LinkedIn?
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The AI Conversation Law Firms and Clients Aren’t Having And Why It Matters

A new Thomson Reuters Report highlights a phenomenon unique to legal and big law: clients aren’t talking to their lawyers about things that could disrupt the status quo—especially around AI and billing.
The report is full of interesting findings, but here’s one with broad and troubling implications: 57% of clients want their firms to use…
Breaking the Chains: How Decentralized AI is Redefining Intelligence and Autonomy with David Johnston
My mind is blown. David Johnston, Code Maintainer at Morpheus, willingly took on my zany questions with the ease of an Olympic marathoner, gracefully and with dogged determination.
In this episode, we’ll delve into the concept of decentralized AI and its profound implications for our interactions with intelligent agents. Imagine AI systems that operate with…
Charting the Three Waves of Legal AI Transformation with Thomson Reuters’ Raghu Ramanathan
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Daily News: April 17, 2025
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10 Practical Ways for Legal Professionals to Start Using Generative AI Today
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10 Practical Ways for Legal Professionals to Start Using Generative AI Today
Last week, I was in Chicago for the ABA Techshow. This was my 16th year attending, and while there, I presented a number of times, including
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Law Firm Predictive Analytics: Use Cases And Applications
As a legal professional, you make countless decisions every day—many of which likely require you to analyze large volumes of data, which can be overwhelming when relying on individual brainpower alone. This is where law firm predictive analytics come to the rescue.
Predictive analytics give legal professionals the power to forecast outcomes and shape strategies…
An AI-Assisted Look At Four New Surveys On AI Adoption In Law: How Do They Compare? Differ?
Over the last six weeks or so, four separate surveys have come out, all reporting on generative AI adoption within the legal profession. I’ve reported on all four separately, but wondered how their findings compared when stacked up against each other. To help me in this, I turned to — you guessed it — generative…
Declaring Your Major: One Decision That Can Turbo‑Charge Your Next Quarter

Issue 5 of my Personal Strategy Compass Substack email newsletter (premium) has been published and sent. It has some new insights and some practical materials to help you move forward with my favorite personal productivity tool – Personal Quarterly Offsites. And I’ve made part of it available for free.
Over the years I’ve borrowed good…
Daily News: April 16, 2025
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