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We are over a quarter of the way through the initial semester of my law practice technology class. Talk about building an airplane while flying it. My book has provided the skeleton and now I’m figuring out what can be accomplished within a 26-hour semester. In order to keep it practical—because
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 255: Grappling with Grok – Heidi Tworek on the Limits of Canadian Law
The Law Bytes podcast is back, starting with an episode on the limits of Canadian law in addressing the concerns associated with Grok AI, the AI chatbot that garnered global attention over the widespread creation and distribution of AI-generated sexualized deep fakes. Weaving together online harms, privacy, AI regulation, and platform regulation into a single
Sateesh Nori Joins LawDroid: AI Tools for Access to Justice, Housing Court, and Legal Aid
Sateesh Nori joins us on The Geek in Review for an episode that flips the usual legal innovation conversation away from law firm efficiency and toward survival-grade help for people stuck in housing courts and legal aid queues. They open with news from Sateesh himself, he has started a new role with LawDroid,
The Curious Connector: Joey Gartner
Hey there Legal Rebels! 👋 I’m excited to share with you the 55th 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 how the
Sounds like a good idea to disclose how you use AI!
ComputerWorld.com reported that “AI chatbots have been with us three years and one month (at least the kind that use large language models (LLMs) to communicate with natural-sounding words). Already norms are emerging in some professions for users to disclose how they use AI.” The January 23, 2026 article entitled “Always disclose how you use
Worth Reading – General Purpose AI Will Never Be Safe
I think we can agree that granting someone full access to the open internet without education or tools to protect themselves would be dangerous, no?
OK, but what is a general-purpose LLM but a collection of everything that the model could ingest, without rules about what was safe and what wasn’t?
Yet we expect people
AI Legal Compliance for Law Firms: What Lawyers Need to Know in 2026
What is AI legal compliance?
AI legal compliance refers to a law firm’s duty to ensure the use of AI-based legal technology remains safe, ethical, and lawful. More specifically, while the methods for achieving AI legal compliance may vary, all law firms must be able to demonstrate that their use of AI tools remains in
New House Bill on AI Transparency Aims to Pull Back the Curtain on AI Training Data
On January 22, 2026, House Representatives Madeleine Dean (D-PA) and Nathaniel Moran (R-TX) introduced H.R. 7209, a bipartisan bill that could significantly reshape the relationship between copyright law and artificial intelligence. Known as the Transparency and Responsibility for Artificial Intelligence Networks (TRAIN) Act, the proposal seeks to give copyright owners a clearer path to
One More Long Thing: After the Post-Gazette
[Originally posted to LinkedIn on January 14, 2026 and reposted here for archival purposes.]
What’s new? What’s news?
Let me say at the outset that I do not have the answer. I only have a question. This essay is my Jeopardy!-ish contribution to the second-most important conversation happening in Pittsburgh right now. Maybe that’s appropriate;
Three Things About AI and Pittsburgh
[Originally posted to LinkedIn on September 10, 2025 and reposted here for archival purposes.]
This new LinkedIn article by Ajmail Matin – Pittsburgh suffers from too much extractive landlordism and not enough feedback-driven Pittsburgh-specific investment – hits a lot of good points. In the spirit of my old Pittsblog home (2004-2013; critical takes on Pittsburgh