David Halliwell Partner, Vario, Managed Legal Services 8 November 2024 Despite artificial intelligence (AI) making significant inroads in the legal sector, with 82% of lawyers now using or planning to use the technology, it is clear that it is no substitute for human expertise. An impressive 82% of lawyers are now either using or planning
Article: Responsible Enforcement Will Be Critical to AI Act’s Impact
Scholars urge the European Union to take Artificial Intelligence Act enforcement seriously. TweetSharePostEmailPrintLink When you ask ChatGPT whether it would consider reactive or proactive governance to be more equitable, it responds: “it depends.” What ChatGPT does not emphasize is that it was one of the key technologies that influenced the European Union’s decision to shift from reactive to
Factagora Launches South Korea’s First Cloud-Based AI Legal Service at Law Firm Shin & Kim
The Press Release In a first of its kind instance in South Korea’s legal industry, prominent law firm Shin & Kim has implemented the country’s first cloud-based internal AI service in collaboration with Korean startup Factagora and Microsoft Azure AI. This deployment marks a significant milestone, showcasing the practical potential of AI technologies in streamlining professional workflows
I Switched From Chrome To Edge And That Is A Good Thing.
Why I Stopped Using Chrome And Switched To Edge. When my last computer crashed, it occurred to me that I had been having a lot of problems with Google Chrome lately. It was bloated, buggy, and used a lot of system resources. I had dabbled with Microsoft Edge lately, and found that, being based on
The Year in Review: Top Ten Law Bytes Podcast Episodes
The final Law Bytes podcast of 2024 released last week took a look back at the year in digital policy. With the podcast on a holiday break, this post looks back at the ten most popular episodes of the year. Topping the charts this year was a debate with Senator Julie Miville-Dechêne, who graciously agreed
AI, Ethics, Essays and Scandals Ranked Among LawSites’ 40 Most Popular Legal Tech Stories of 2024
It says something about our collective attitude towards generative AI in legal that this blog’s most-read story of the year was about lawyers getting sanctioned for hallucinated case citations. In fact, it will probably not surprise you to learn that, of my 40 most-read stories of the year, 24 involved generative AI in some way.
Are you surprised to learn that IT pros are not in a state of AI data readiness?
CIO.com reported that “Seventy percent of those IT pros spend one to four hours a day remediating data issues, while 14% spend more than four hours each day, according to the survey.” The December 12, 2024 article entitled ” AI data readiness: C-suite fantasy, big IT problem” (https://www.cio.com/article/3622834/ai-data-readiness-c-suite-fantasy-big-it-problem.html?utm_campaign=subscribers-&utm_medium=subscribers_push_notification&utm_source=subscribers) included these comments:
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ICO Audit on AI Recruitment Tools
On November 6, 2024, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) released its AI Tools in recruitment audit outcomes report (“Report”). This Report documents the ICO’s findings from a series of consensual audit engagements conducted with AI tool developers and providers. The goal of this process was to assess compliance with data protection law, identify any
Sarah Glassmeyer and Niki Black on Legal Tech in 2024 – Highlights, Hiccups, and Hopes for 2025
In this year-end episode of The Geek in Review, hosts Marlene Gebauer and Greg Lambert are joined by legal tech experts Niki Black, Principal Legal Insight Strategist at AffiniPay, and Sarah Glassmeyer, Director of Data Curation at Legal Technology Hub, to recap the top stories of 2024. From the evolution of
AI for Law Firms: Top Software Tools and How to Use Them
Discover essential AI tools transforming legal practice. Enhance efficiency and streamline operations for your law firm. Read the article to learn more.