On my blog, Real Lawyers Have Blogs, now in its 15th year, I share information, news and insight to help legal professionals looking to network online, whether it be via blogging or other social media.
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October 2019
I founded LexBlog because blogging democratized legal publishing. Caring lawyers with a passion for sharing their knowledge on niche areas of the law finally had a personal printing press at their fingertips—a tool that could publish to the Internet in no time at all.
It was a revolution in efficiency compared to trying to find
When searching for information, of late, I’ve turned to ChatGPT, not Google.
Restaurant recommendations in downtown Seattle, identifying SaaS-based education platforms suitable for LexBlog’s user education, understanding the causes of Lucky’s eye infection (knows my retriever’s name) and travel destinations in Mexico I would like.
The depth and personalization of the information provided was spot
As someone who has spent years using a news aggregator, now Feedly, to discover and share niche related news, information and insight, I’ve always valued platforms that allow me to engage and connect with others via the sharing of what I’ve found.
Lately, much of what I am following is on AI in publishing—and I’ve
Google shared today that enterprise search systems are no longer limited to keyword-based queries. AI now allows people to use conversational prompts, images, audio, and video to quickly access internal data, tailored to specific roles and industries.
For lawyers, this advancement has profound implications for how they engage with legal blogs and secondary law content—especially
Dr. Traynor Hansen, an assistant professor of English at Seattle Pacific University, is breaking new ground.
As reported by Savannah Welch of KING 5 News here in Seattle, Hansen is the first at the university to bring generative AI tools like ChatGPT into first year writing classes.
Instead of viewing AI as a threat,
I am constantly looking to up my game and to get more out of what I put into something.
Got me to thinking if AI could help LexBlog advise as to the quality of a lawyer’s or law firm’s blog post.
AI wouldn’t go the whole nine yards, but maybe AI could help.
You see,
“If Google were a ship, it would be the Titanic in the hours before it struck an iceberg—riding high, supposedly unsinkable, and about to encounter a force of nature that could make its name synonymous with catastrophe.”
This from the Wall Street Journal’s Christopher Mims who sees Google’s search engine and search business as under
As reported in Entrepreneur Magazine, a new Google study released on Monday reveals that nearly 100% of Gen Z knowledge workers (ages 22 to 27) are using AI tools like ChatGPT at work.
These professionals, described by Google as “young leaders” because of their current or aspiring leadership roles, are leveraging AI in meaningful ways
I’ve leveraged ChatGPT in my blogging for sometime. Brainstorming, summaries, titles, grammar, editing, and more.
Last Wednesday, OpenAI announced an update to GPT-4, aimed at improving overall performance, including enhanced writing capabilities to generate more natural and engaging text.
OpenAI didn’t say much much about the update other than that its “creative writing ability
What can we expect for AI’s increased use by the masses?
Apple and its iPhone, used by over 50% of smartphone users in the States and 1.53 billion people worldwide, can give you a good clue.
Bloomberg reported Thursday that Apple is doing a total revamp of its Siri service as part of the company’s