We previously wrote about a Chinese court decision that protected the copyright of AI-generated images in the ‘half heart’ case. However, in a recent case, the Zhangjiagang People’s Court (in China’s Jiangsu province) denied copyright protection for AI-generated works.
In the new ‘butterfly chairs’ case, the plaintiff used the AI tool Midjourney to create three
This reminded me of something I’ve long wondered about some of the measurements provided by fans of AI – the processes that take so much less time than they used to. Are they looking at the whole picture? I know that sales demos do not. They’ll claim to have created an entire business plan in
Adoption of generative artificial intelligence among legal professionals involved in e-discovery is accelerating rapidly, with 37% of them now actively using the technology in their work, compared to 12% two years ago, according to the newly released 2025 Ediscovery Innovation Report by Everlaw. The study, conducted in partnership with the Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists
Step into the heart of Canada’s AI revolution with Dr. Daniel Wigdor—professor, inventor, and co-founder & CEO of AXL, one of the country’s most ambitious venture studios. In this episode, we uncover how AXL is transforming world-class research into high-growth companies and why its mission to launch 50 AI-powered ventures in five years could reshape
Legal professionals are struggling to evaluate the rapidly evolving landscape of generative artificial intelligence tools for legal research, according to experts who spoke at a panel discussion during the American Association of Law Libraries annual conference in Portland, Ore., this week. The panel, titled “AI in Legal Research: Measuring What Matters with Benchmarks and Rubrics,”
If generative AI was the biggest story in legal tech in 2023 and 2024, agentic AI is proving to be the most talked-about topic of 2025. Spurring this, at least in part, has been Thomson Reuters’ announcement of its forthcoming release of a new agentic version of CoCounsel, its AI legal assistant, that will be able to
Cambridge, MA – MIT EmTechAI: Hossein Rahnama, Visiting Associate Professor at MIT Media Lab, Professor at Toronto Metropolitan University, and Founder/CEO of Flybits, presented a vision for the future of AI centered on Perspective-Aware Computing (PAC), also known as Perspective-Aware AI. His work explores how AI can move beyond personalization to foster deeper, more empathetic human-to-human and
The European Commission published its General-Purpose AI Code of Practice (Code) on July 10, 2025, after a long drafting process that was originally intended to conclude in May 2025. The development of the code was facilitated by the European AI Office, and involved nearly 1,000 stakeholders, including academics, model developers, AI safety experts, representatives from
Hey there Legal Rebels! 👋 I’m excited to share with you the 28th episode of the 2025 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 to