Back from CES 2026. Here’s my top ten impressions from this year’s show. Not surprisingly, the headline this was AI everywhere all the time. Lots of discussions about agentic AI, wearables and robotics all powered by AI. But precious little about the AI challenges like the infrastructure gap, the erosion of critical thinking skills and
ABA Tech Show 2026 Preview: Ruby Powers
Hey there Legal Rebels! 👋 I’m excited to share with you the 53rd episode of the 2026 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 why ABA
No surprises about global AI adoption or digital divide!
ComputerWorld.com reported that “Global adoption of AI in the second half of 2025 rose by 1.2 percentage points compared to the first half of the year, a report released Thursday by the Microsoft AI Economy Institute (AIEI) indicates.” The January 8, 2026 article entitled “Global AI adoption is growing, and so is the digital divide”
Tiara Time and Data Center Politics: Vanderbilt’s AI Governance Playbook with Cat Moon and Mark Williams
Cat Moon and Mark Williams return to The Geek in Review wearing two hats, plus one tiara. The conversation starts at Vanderbilt’s inaugural AI Governance Symposium, where “governance” means wildly different things depending on who shows up. Judges, policy folks, technologists, in-house leaders, and law firm teams all brought separate definitions, then bumped into
Gmail Users Losing POP and Getting AI Whether We Like It or Not
Personally, I’ve moved away from using the POP feature in Gmail to import mail from other email accounts into Gmail to take advantage of the spam protection. Since I host my own sites and my own M365 tenant, much of that spam protection lives elsewhere for me, but I can understand why others have continued
How do you prove that you are human in an AI-perfect world?
Computerworld.com reported “Take everything you ever learned and practiced about business communication and throw it out the window. Because of the AI revolution, the world of “content” is now upside-down and inside-out.” The January 9, 2026 article entitled ” In an AI-perfect world, it’s time to prove you’re human” (https://www.computerworld.com/article/4114605/in-an-ai-perfect-world-its-time-to-prove-youre-human.html) included these comments:
Are We Prepared To Deal With The Coming Wearable Revolution?
AI wearables were everywhere at CES 2026. Smart glasses that whisper answers in your ear, AI enabled contact lenses, AI necklaces. They see what you see and hear what you hear. Impressive tech, but what happens when a witness testifies while wearing smart glasses feeding them answers? How do we handle discovery demands for everything
Matter-Aware AI for Lawyers: What It Is and Why It Matters
What is matter-aware AI?
Matter-aware AI is legal artificial intelligence that connects directly to your practice management system and automatically understands your entire case file (—your documents, timeline, work product, and matter details) —before you even ask a question.
Most AI tools work differently: You type a question, they search a database, and return an
Harvey Announces Plan To Develop Memory, Enabling Users To Retain Context For More Consistent Work
Legal AI company Harvey today announced plans to develop Memory, a product that will allow users to choose to retain and carry forward the context of their work, including matter details, relevant precedent, working preferences and approved best practices, with the goal of enabling users to achieve greater consistency, efficiency and connectedness. The company also
CES 2026 And Agentic AI In Legal: It’s Not Going To Happen — Until It Does
I’ve been an agentic AI skeptic. But after this week at CES, trying ChatGPT Atlas to book my flights and hearing Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang explain why 2026 might be the year of agents, I’m at least convinced legal can’t ignore this technology or the blessings and curse it could bring.
In any event, the