Author: Scott Schlegel As a sitting judge with expertise in the intersection of AI and law, I’ve long anticipated the day when artificial intelligence would significantly impact our legal proceedings. Well, it looks like that day has arrived, as evidenced by the recent Matter of Weber case in the Surrogate’s Court of Saratoga County, New
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Article: Justice of Ontario’s Top Court Urges Lawyers and Judges to Prepare for AI in Court
By Sean
Interview Source: https://www.oba.org/JUST/Practice_List/2024/November-2024/Justice-of-Ontarios-Top-Court-Urges-Lawyers-and-J In a cautionary Q&A, the Honourable Peter Lauwers, justice of the Court of Appeal for Ontario and chair of the Civil Rules Committee’s Artificial Intelligence Subcommittee, weighs in on some alarming implications of AI-generated evidence, the crucial questions litigators should be asking themselves when considering when to introduce or how to respond…
Press Release: Shoosmiths and Enzai launch AI compliance platform
By Sean
https://legaltechnology.com/2024/10/14/shoosmiths-and-enzai-launch-ai-compliance-platform/Legal IT Insider UK top 100 law firm Shoosmiths and AI governance platform Enzai have launched AI Comply, which is designed to help businesses navigate the complex AI regulatory landscape. As the adoption of AI technologies surges and AI regulation continues to evolve, businesses using AI technologies will need to adopt more sophisticated compliance frameworks. AI Comply combines the…
Trademark Battle – OpenAI Inc. v. Open Artificial Intelligence Inc
By Sean
It sounded like the setup to a joke, and for a while I thought it was: A company called OpenAI sues a company called Open AI.?… The case, formally named OpenAI Inc. v. Open Artificial Intelligence Inc., showed up on the docket for the US District Court in Northern California, to zero fanfare, in August of…
Australia: Melbourne lawyer referred to complaints body after AI generated made-up case citations in family court
By Sean
The Guardian Legal professional used software to generate a case citation list, but did not use documents that had undergone human verification A Melbourne lawyer has been referred to the Victorian legal complaints body after admitting to using artificial intelligence software in a family court case that generated false case citations and caused a hearing…
Article: Can AI Write a Case Law Order? One Judge’s Unique Idea: Artificial Intelligence Trends
By Sean
Can AI write a case law order? One judge decided to implement a unique idea to see how generative AI would handle three discovery disputes. Last week for the Case Law Update session at Relativity Fest, moderator David Horrigan asked us all to identify our case of the year (so far). David identified the two rulings from 11th…
The Day Has Arrived …..Traffic-Image CAPTCHAs Conquered by AI Bots: Artificial Intelligence Trends
By Sean
So good to know i don’t have to try and work out whether part of a bicycle wheel is a bicycle wheel or not – next on the bots list is 2 factor login! You know those traffic-image CAPTCHAs you get that are used to verify you’re human? AI bots can now reportedly beat…
UK: Family court judges use victim-blaming language in domestic abuse cases, finds AI project
By Sean
Interesting report in the Guardian Research by herEthical AI reveals attitude of disbelief and ‘stereotypical assumptions’ about survivors in England and Wales Judges in the family courts are using victim-blaming and gender-biased language towards domestic abuse survivors, AI analysis of judgments and appeals in England and Wales reveals. The findings are the result of a…
UK firm pioneering the use of ai to assess the strength of civil cases says the system has reached a 91% success rate in spotting unmeritorious claims.
By Sean
The UK Law Soc Gazette Noah Milton, AI project director for national firm Fletchers, said the claims-sorting system has made rapid progress since its inception almost a year ago. Speaking to the Motor Accident Solicitors Society conference in Manchester, Milton revealed that testing has found that technology is better at identifying claims that have no…
OpenAI Recruits MoFo Partner, Allyson Bennett, for New AI Research Legal Role
By Sean
Allyson Bennett hired from Morrison & Foerster, which advises OpenAI Former MoFo lawyer and ex-Googler Fred von Lohmann set to depart OpenAI has brought on Morrison & Foerster intellectual property litigation partner Allyson Bennett to be its lead lawyer for artificial intelligence research, a key position at the company as it copes with an array…