Welcome, visionary legal practitioners! As artificial intelligence evolves from simple pattern matching to sophisticated agentic reasoning, a transformative question emerges: how can we harness these powerful new AI models to enhance, rather than replace, the art of “thinking like a lawyer”? 🤔⚖️For those diving into this exploration for the first time, prepare for an illuminating
The newsletter turned up in my inbox today and is well worth a read.. OpenAI’s New Deep Research Model By Sean Harrington on Feb 03, 2025 11:27 am This post is brought to you by ChatGPT’s Deep Research. It produced this report after about 10 minutes of thinking and searching online (sources in the footnotes). I
So far it’s my general ai search etc of choice so let’s see what they have to say.. We’re excited to announce that the new DeepSeek R1 model is now available across every Perplexity platform. You can experience the latest breakthrough in AI by turning on Pro Search with R1 on web, mobile, or MacOS.
Social media can feel daunting for legal professionals, especially with the ever-changing platforms, algorithms, and influencers. Yet, for those in the legal field, these tools represent an essential resource for growth and authentic connection.
Enter Bluesky, the latest social platform capturing the attention of legal professionals.
While Bluesky looks and feels a lot
In January 2025, the Copyright Office released Part 2 of its anticipated three-part series on copyright and artificial intelligence (AI). The report discusses copyrighting works that include AI-generated content and provides guidance for applicants seeking protection of such work.
Part 2 emphasizes the importance of “human authorship,” as works purely generated by AI or works
Any litigator will eventually have to contend with motions to compel discovery (also known as “motions for discovery”). While both sides have the right to gather information through the discovery process, disputes on whether certain information should be disclosed to the other side are inevitable. This is why motions for discovery are filed and argued.
On January 29, Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) introduced the Decoupling America’s Artificial Intelligence Capabilities from China Act (S. 321), one of the first bills of 119th Congress to address escalating U.S. competition with China on artificial intelligence. The new legislation comes just days after Chinese AI company DeepSeek launched its R1 AI model
SCWorld.com reported that “Google’s Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) revealed the use of Google’s Gemini AI tools by more than 40 state-sponsored advanced persistent threat actors (APTs) from Iran, China, North Korea, Russia and at least 16 other countries.” February 3, 2025 article entitled “Google reveals Gemini AI use by more than 40 state-sponsored APTs” (
It’s time to ensure your staff know how to tell weights from biases, and transformers from diffusion models.
2nd February marked the date the EU AI Act’s much-talked-about AI literacy requirements officially came into effect. Staff can no longer nod along when they hear explanations of ‘machine learning’ or ‘neural networks’. There is now a
What Is OpenAI’s Powerful New Deep Research Tool Capable Of? I Use It to Analyze the Legality of President Trump’s Pause of Federal Grants By Bob Ambrogi on February 3, 2025 Over the weekend, OpenAI released Deep Research, an AI agent capable of completing multi-step research tasks and synthesizing large amounts of online information. OpenAI’s chief product officer Kevin