Hyping the Risk of Out-of-Control AI
Many purveyors of AI snake oil delight in forecasting that Skynet is right around the corner. They suggest that Generative AI is so close to AGI (artificial general intelligence, meaning AI apps that can perform most or all tasks as effectively as any human being). They claim that we
This is the logical next step in the escalating conflict between website publishers and AI scrapers.
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Welcome back, my fellow legal rebels! 👋While others celebrated American independence with fireworks, beer, and barbecue, I celebrated the 4th of July in my own way, by engaging in a little healthy anarchy and launching a new tool for renters to liberate their security deposits from greedy landlords.We all know that gut-wrenching anxiety of entrusting
A recent Wall Street Journal article reported something that would have sounded outlandish just a few years ago. Apparently, some major banks are now giving artificial intelligence agents their own email addresses and Microsoft Teams logins. And these “digital workers” are not just assisting behind the scenes. They’re being treated as members of the team.
AI may have struck again with hallucinations. Yesterday evening, I was forwarded a quote from the case opinion of Shahid v. Esaam, 2025 Ga. App. LEXIS 299, at *3 [Ct App June 30, 2025, No. A25A0196]) released on June 30, 2025 by the Georgia Court of Appeals. (HT Mary Matuszak!)(link to official opinion, not
When legal research giant LexisNexis and legal AI giant Harvey announced a strategic alliance last month, legal tech commentator Richard Tromans called it “possibly the most important legal tech move in a decade.” On today’s episode of LawNext, we go deep into the partnership and its implications with Sean Fitzpatrick, CEO of LexisNexis North America,
It was major news this week when law practice management company Clio announced its acquisition of legal research and AI company vLex for $1 billion. But Ken Crutchfield, who has been an executive at LexisNexis, Thomson Reuters, and most recently Wolters Kluwer, where he was vice president and general manager of legal markets for Wolters
My Globe and Mail op-ed opens by noting that after years of dismissing the warnings of likely retaliation, the Canadian government caved to U.S. pressure earlier this week as it cancelled the digital services tax. Faced with the U.S. suspension of trade negotiations, Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne announced that the government would rescind the legislation that
So, this isn’t my usual full-length thought-piece, but more of a bite-size reflection on a topic I thought you might find interesting: the hype around AI Agents and Agentic Workflows. I hope you like it!
CSOonline reported that “Machine identities pose a big security risk for enterprises, and that risk will be magnified dramatically as AI agents are deployed. According to a report by cybersecurity vendor CyberArk, machine identities — also known as non-human identities (NHI) — now outnumber humans by 82 to 1, and their number is expected to