When I was a sophomore at Yale, I took a design course taught by the consummate Robert Reed, painter and professor of art. The first assignment was to sketch 50 drawings of a stone bridge. I remember hiking north from campus to East Rock Park, searching for the bridge and a place to set up,
Computerworld.com reported that “Google has launched Gemini 3 and integrated the new AI model into its search engine immediately, aiming to push advanced AI features into consumer and enterprise products faster as competition in the AI market intensifies. The release brings new agentic capabilities for coding, workflow automation, and search, raising questions about how quickly
Background
On 19 November 2025, the European Commission presented its much-anticipated Digital “Omnibus” package[1] intended to ease the administrative and compliance burden facing European businesses. Executive Vice-President of the Commission Henna Virkkunen stated that “[f]rom factories to start-ups, the digital package is the EU’s answer to calls to reduce burdens on our businesses.”[2]
The $100 million theft of royal jewels from the Louvre reignited global debate over art ownership, restitution, and authenticity. Beneath the headlines lies a legal conflict cutting across property rights, heritage claims, and international enforcement. Cultural IP law governs the transition of artifacts from cultural heritage to legal evidence and defines who can assert ownership
The European Space Agency launched the James Webb Space Telescope on Christmas Day 2021 from its facility in French Guiana. A collaboration between NASA, CSA and ESA, the JWST’s launch could not have gone better – a perfect ballet of rocketry, automation and cutting -edge science. The James Webb continues the trend of space telescopes
Reuters.com reported that the proposed Executive Order “… would task Attorney General Pam Bondi with establishing an “AI Litigation Task Force whose sole responsibility shall be to challenge state AI laws, including on grounds that such laws unconstitutionally regulate interstate commerce, are preempted by existing federal regulations, or are otherwise unlawful…” The November 20, 2025
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). Part of my #blogfirst Project.Adapted from a keynote address given to the National Association of Women Judges in October 2025
At a Glance
According to reports published on November 19, the White House has prepared a draft Executive Order to preempt state AI regulations in lieu of a uniform national legislative framework, marking a significant escalation in federal efforts to assert control over AI regulation. The draft Executive Order, titled “Eliminating State Law Obstruction of National AI
Tradespace, the San Francisco-based AI-powered intellectual property management platform, has acquired Paragon, an AI patent-drafting startup founded by three Princeton University computer science students. The acquisition, Tradespace says, makes it the first AI-powered platform to support the complete IP lifecycle, from initial invention disclosure through patent drafting, prosecution, portfolio management and commercialization. The deal brings
EmTechMIT, Cambridge, MA: Brian O’Kelley, a pivotal figure in digital advertising since the early 2000s, opened his talk by observing that the very fabric of internet advertising is undergoing a seismic transformation as AI accelerates the death of traditional web channels. “Advertising is not going away anytime soon but the Web is already on its