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I was able to participate recently in a professional event involving lots of smart librarians discussing AI and law libraries. At the end, one outcome I committed to was to list what my law library was doing and how AI might impact those tasks. Here’s how that progressed.
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If you’re my age or older, you most likely remember the first rudimentary spreadsheet application you used. You may not remember the actual moment you discovered the sort functionality, but you probably remember the feeling you got when you hit that button for the first time. In one magical moment, a jumbled list of items
Is it really surprising that legal research companies are exaggerating the quality of their Artificial Intelligence apps?
The more significant finding a the new Stanford University study is that both “Westlaw and Lexis offer high quality responses.” As you might expect, the estimable Bob Ambrogi is all over this (here and here).
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You can say that users aren’t allowed to use AI without approval, but as the link above points out, they’re going to anyway. And why wouldn’t they? Most of them are stressed and overworked, and you’re telling them not to use a tool that could cut some of the time spent completing assigned tasks.
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GovInfoSecurity.com reported that the “U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission are set to spearhead antitrust investigations into Microsoft, OpenAI and Nvidia that could potentially reshape the burgeoning commercial artificial intelligence industry.” The June 6, 2024 article entitled “US Regulators Intensify Antitrust Scrutiny of AI Developers” (https://tinyurl.com/38mbw7pz) included these comments:
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Thanks again to all my loyal readers! I am truly grateful. 🙏And to you newbies, I think you’re gonna get a kick out of this one! 🥾
This substack, LawDroid Manifesto, is here to
At last week’s America’s Physician Group Spring conference in San Diego, California, our team heard firsthand how physicians are leading efforts to integrate Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications in ambulatory and inpatient settings in major healthcare systems across the nation. Physician and IT leaders described in detail their organizations’ efforts to identify safe, cost-effective, desirable ways
Clayton Utz has partnered with LexisNexis to roll out the generative AI legal research tool Lexis+AI. The firm will be the first in Australia to use the tool on a commercial basis. Clayton Utz lawyers have been involved in the development and trialling of the tool, which draws from a comprehensive Australian law database. “AI continues to be
National law firm Holding Redlich announces the permanent adoption and integration of Lexis+ AI, a generative AI advanced legal research technology solution from LexisNexis, into its practice. LexisNexis, a leading global provider of legal information and analytics, teamed up with Holding Redlich 12 months ago to tap into the firm’s expertise for advice and feedback
