I’m unsurprised by this and unsure why anyone would be surprised: Researchers find that the more people use AI at their job, the less critical thinking they use. I’ve pointed out before that the promise of AI taking over tasks and freeing employees up to do more strategic decision-making falls apart when considering how many…
The Fund XX’s Gabriela Isturiz on AI, Scaling, and Empowering Women Entrepreneurs
This week, we welcome Gabriela “Gaby” Isturiz—a serial entrepreneur, legal tech pioneer, and co-founder of The XX Fund. Gaby’s impressive background includes building multiple high-growth SaaS companies that were acquired by Fortune 500 firms, and her transition into venture capital has fueled a mission to support women-led startups. The conversation sets the stage by
The Knowledge Architect: Marc Lauritsen
Hey there Legal Rebels! 👋I’m excited to share with you the fifth episode of the 2025 season of the LawDroid Manifesto podcast, where I will be continuing to interview key legal innovators to learn how they do what they do. I think you’re going to enjoy this one!If you want to understand how legal technology
descrybe.ai: Bridging the Access to Justice Gap One Piece at a Time With Democratized Legal Information
“Bad news is a headline, and gradual improvement is not.”Bill Gates
All too often, those of us in the legal tech writing community report on things that won’t happen but should, things that aren’t being adopted but should be, or things that are outright failures. This tendency is particularly true when it comes to access
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 226: Richard Gold on Why Canada Should Target U.S. Patents To Help Counter Tariff Trade Pressure
The trade battle between Canada and the U.S. took a brief break last week as hours before the Trump tariffs were scheduled to take effect, President Trump agreed to a 30 day delay in return for various border measures. That brought a sigh of relief but no real sense that the issue is over. Indeed,
It is critical that IT folks drop using IT jargon!
CIO.com reported that “CIOs constantly speak about the need to drop the technical jargon and talk “the language of business.” Yet, they don’t except business to do the same.” The February 10, 2025 article entitled “15 most misused buzzwords in IT” (https://www.cio.com/article/191262/most-misused-buzzwords-in-information-technology.html?utm_campaign=editorial&utm_medium=cio&utm_source=browseralert) included these 15 misused buzzwords:
1. Digital transformation
2. Artificial intelligence,
Tip for 2025: Expand Your Toolbox
Learning to use the tools you already have is usually wiser rather than chasing the newest shiny object du jour. There are a few exceptions. I’ve found two apps particularly useful:
Grammarly. It’s not a spell checker. It’s not a grammar checker. It’s much more. Give it a try. Even lawyers need someone to
Article: In India, a Growing Front of Legal Action Against AI Operators
n the run-up to Monday and Tuesday’s (February 10 and 11) Paris AI Action Summit—the third such multinational event in the series—another part of the world is being watched. Even as Indian prime minister Narenda Modi prepares to co-chair the Paris summit with Emmanuel Macron, one of the American delegation’s members, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman
Lillian Goldman Law Library Event – A Conversation about AI in the Judiciary
Please join the Lillian Goldman Law Library for A Conversation about AI in the Judiciary with the Hon. Kevin Newsom and Alana Frederick. In 2024, Judge Kevin Newsom, of the U.S. Court of Appeals for Eleventh Circuit, wrote two concurrences suggesting Large Language Models (LLMs) can be a useful tool for legal interpretation, particularly in determining the “ordinary meaning”
David Lat – Article: A Major Law Firm’s ChatGPT Fail Why is not citing fake cases so hard?
Welcome to Original Jurisdiction, the latest legal publication by me, David Lat. You can learn more about Original Jurisdiction by reading its About page, and you can email me at davidlat@substack.com. This is a reader-supported publication; you can subscribe by clicking here. We’re all familiar with the infamous tale of the lawyers who filed a brief full of nonexistent cases—courtesy of