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Authored by: Hon. Mary Colleen Roberts (Ret.)
Artificial intelligence (AI) is everywhere. Virtually every conversation these days involves AI and now this advanced technology seems to be on the cusp of transforming nearly every aspect of society. Whether that proves to be more hype than reality remains to be seen.
AI has certainly made plenty…
AI has officially broken the old rules of running a law firm. The gap between firms that scale and those that stall is now a canyon. CBA Member Benefit Provider Clio’s new Legal Trends Report is your bridge to get to the other side.
This isn’t just another research paper. It’s a playbook built on…
Authored by: Allison Guenther
Imagine your favorite Disney princess or Marvel superhero. Your brain may visualize Snow White, Cinderella, Iron Man, Captain America…. You see them clearly in your head. If you saw an image of that character, you would recognize them instantly. Artificial intelligence has begun penetrating countless fields, particularly the entertainment industry. By…
Authored by: Shmuel Wyckoff
Lawyer: “As we know, in Illinois, we require three particles. . . That’s the State Police threshold. I would add this morning besides looking at the common law record, I did a Chat GPT, and I think it’s called a Grok search, to see if there was any states [that allow…
By: Tasneem Mewa
This week, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) prohibited Rite Aid from using and relying on facial recognition technology that misidentified customers and wrongly accused them of shoplifting based on matches to Rite Aid’s database. Matches often resulted in customers being accused, searched, and expelled from stores.
The statement by Commissioner Alvaro M.…
