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The Future is Now: Why Trial Lawyers and Judges Should Embrace Generative AI Now and How to Do It Safely and Productively

Introduction: The Urgency and Promise of Generative AI in Law - The unprecedented rapid advancement of generative artificial intelligence (AI) worldwide presents the legal profession with a pivotal opportunity for...more

From Prompters to Partners: The Rise of Agentic AI in Law and Professional Practice

Introduction: Beyond the Prompt Era - The legal profession is undergoing a profound shift. For decades, the integration of computing in law was incremental—word processors, databases, legal research platforms....more

Bots Battle for Supremacy in Legal Reasoning – Part Five: Reigning Champion, Orion, ChatGPT-4.5 Versus Scorpio, ChatGPT-o3

Will the challenger, Scorpion, defeat the reigning champ, Orion? Or will Orion keep his title as the world’s best AI legal reasoner? Read about my experiment and find out....more

Bar Battle of the Bots – Part Four: Birth of Scorpio

The AI bot battles rage on. This round, we test OpenAI’s newest contender, released April 16, 2025: ChatGPT o3. Not to be confused with its leaner sibling—ChatGPT o3-mini, which debuted in January. When we tested that old...more

Bar Battle of the Bots – Part Two

The battle continues. In Part One, we examined how six advanced AI reasoning models from OpenAI and Google tackled a real Bar Exam essay question. Some impressed, others faltered, and one emerged as the clear winner—ChatGPT...more

Bar Battle of the Bots – Part One

The legal world is watching AI with both excitement and skepticism. Can today’s most advanced reasoning models think like a lawyer? Can they dissect complex fact patterns, apply legal principles, and construct a persuasive...more

Navigating the AI Frontier: Balancing Breakthroughs and Blind Spots

Imagine standing on a razor-thin line—one step forward, and you unlock unprecedented legal capabilities; one misstep, and you fall into a chasm of costly errors. This is the reality legal professionals face as they begin to...more

Can AI Really Save the Future? A Lawyer’s Take on Sam Altman’s Optimistic Vision

In his latest essay, The Intelligence Age, Sam Altman envisions a future where ChatGPT and other AI technologies rapidly transform the world for the better. He projects that the exponential growth we’ve seen in generative AI...more

The Problem of Deepfakes and AI-Generated Evidence: Is It Time to Revise the Rules of Evidence? – Part Two

This is the conclusion to a two part article. Please read Part One first. There must be legal recourse to stop this kind of fraud and so protect our basic freedoms. People must have good cause to believe in our judicial...more

The Problem of Deepfakes and AI-Generated Evidence: Is It Time to Revise the Rules of Evidence? – Part One

On April 19, 2024, the Advisory Committee on Evidence Rules for federal courts faced a critical question: Does AI-generated evidence, including deepfakes, demand new rules? The Committee’s surprising answer—’not yet.’ Was...more

Prosecutors and AI: Navigating Justice in the Age of Algorithms

AI has the potential to transform the criminal justice system through its ability to process vast datasets, recognize patterns, and predict outcomes. However, this potential comes with a profound responsibility: ensuring that...more

Navigating the AI Frontier: Wharton Professor’s Guide to Mastering Generative AI

Ethan Mollick, a Professor at Wharton who teaches entrepreneurship and innovation, has written an insightful book on generative AI, Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI (Portfolio, April 2, 2024). This article aims to...more

Omni Version Test of the Panel of AI Experts on a New Topic: “AI Mentors of New Attorneys” – Part Four

Ralph Losey’s custom GPT, Panel of AI Experts for Lawyers, was tested again to evaluate its effectiveness on ChatGPT4o Omni. This time an entirely new topic was selected for the AI panelists to discuss, AI Mentors for...more

OMNI Version – ChatGPT4o – Retest of Ralph Losey’s Panel of AI Experts – Part Three

Ralph Losey thought he was done with this series, but then OpenAI released a new improved version of ChatGPT, the Omni version 4o. That meant he had to test again, to see if and how his custom GPT Panel of AI Experts for...more

[Webinar] "My AI Did It!" Is No Excuse for Unethical or Unprofessional Conduct: Consideration of recent case law and ethics...

Consideration of ethical and professional issues raised by Florida attorneys use of AI, including the following: - Florida Bar Ethics Opinion 24-1 (01/19/24). (Copy to be provided for download.) Overview of the opinion...more

Some Legal Ethics Quandaries on Use of AI, the Duty of Competence, and AI Practice as a Legal Specialty

This blog considers some of the ethical issues of competence that arise when a lawyer or law firm uses generative AI to assist in rendering services. Prior to the advent of artificial intelligence, the legal profession...more

OpenAI Generates a ‘Hired Gun Hacker’ Defense to the N.Y. Times Copyright Case

Most everyone in the AI and legal worlds by now knows about the New York Times (“NYT”) suit against Microsoft and various Open AI entities (“OAI”). The NYT alleges copyright infringement by the practice of OAI, and most all...more

[Webinar] A Tech Lawyer and Information Scientist Walk Into a Bar; they Discuss ChatGPT, its Promise, Ethical Considerations and...

1. SUMMARY OF INSIGHTS SO FAR. A scientist and tech lawyer impressions of ChatGPT, with emphasis on how it may impact the law going forward. a. RL - "These are ALMOST the Droids we’ve been looking for!" (i) Impressed by...more

[Webinar] The Basics of Chat GPT AI for eDiscovery Lawyers and Technicians - January 26th, 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm ET

Join us for a unique and informative presentation on the basics of Chat GPT AI for e-discovery. Our star panelist, "The Dude" Chat GPT, a cutting-edge language model, will explain its capabilities and potential applications...more

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