What if justice had a shape — not rigid scales or a blindfolded figure, but a living, dynamic map? Imagine causation as a multidimensional space, where influence, control, and responsibility could be mapped across a moving...more
8/14/2025
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Automotive Industry ,
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Liability ,
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Machine Learning ,
Negligence ,
Proximate Cause
The moment of truth had arrived. Were ChatGPT’s insights genuine epiphanies, valuable new connections across knowledge domains with real practical and theoretical implications, or were they merely convincing illusions? Had...more
8/8/2025
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Artificial Intelligence ,
Blockchain ,
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Discovery ,
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Innovation ,
Knowledge Management ,
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Machine Learning
Humans are inherently pattern-seeking creatures. Our ancestors depended upon recognizing recurring patterns in nature to survive and thrive, such as the changing of seasons, the migration of animals and the cycles of plant...more
8/1/2025
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Analytics ,
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Bias ,
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Technology-Assisted Review
This is the conclusion to the article, Panel of Experts for Everyone About Anything – Part One and Part Two. Here we give another demonstration of the software described in Part One. Part Two provided a demonstration where...more
7/16/2025
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Technology ,
Technology Sector
This is a continuation of the article, Panel of Experts for Everyone About Anything – Part One. Here in Part Two we give a demonstration of the software described in Part One. In the process we learn about new job types...more
7/14/2025
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Job Creation ,
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Software ,
Technology
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
6/27/2025
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Document Review ,
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Evidence ,
Innovative Technology ,
Judges ,
Law Firm Partners ,
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Machine Learning ,
Popular ,
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Trial Preparation
Imagine instantly accessing a room full of top experts ready to respond to your toughest questions, brainstorm creative solutions, or critique your new ideas, all without spending a dime. Whether you’re a seasoned attorney...more
6/26/2025
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Algorithms ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Discovery ,
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Electronically Stored Information ,
Expert Testimony ,
Innovation ,
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Litigation Strategies ,
Professional Development ,
Software
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
6/9/2025
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Automation Systems ,
Discovery ,
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Law Firm Ownership ,
Law Practice Management ,
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Machine Learning ,
Professional Development ,
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Technology-Assisted Review
The rise of legal AI has sparked a familiar fear: that our hard-won expertise might be absorbed into machines. That lawyers will be off-loaded—our reasoning encoded, commodified, and reduced to prompts. That we’ll be...more
5/30/2025
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Professional Development ,
Technology-Assisted Review
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
5/21/2025
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Artificial Intelligence ,
Bar Exam ,
Bots ,
Discovery ,
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Innovative Technology ,
Legal Ethics ,
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Machine Learning
When zero becomes one, possibility leaps out of the void, as Peter Thiel champions in his book, Zero to One. But what happens when the entrepreneur is foolish and pushes his scientists to open a Pandora’s box? What happens...more
5/8/2025
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Bias ,
Deep Fake ,
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Machine Learning ,
Risk Assessment ,
Risk Management
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
4/30/2025
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Bar Exam ,
Bots ,
Contract Disputes ,
Discovery ,
Dispute Resolution ,
e-Discovery Professionals ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Ethics ,
Innovative Technology ,
Legal Ethics ,
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Litigation Strategies ,
Machine Learning ,
Software
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been immersed in the necessary but time-consuming task of updating my Custom GPTs—AI tools I designed using OpenAI’s GPT Builder platform. Some are private, tailored to my work as a lawyer,...more
4/21/2025
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Professional Development ,
Software
Two AI heavyweights step into the ring: ChatGPT 4o, the reigning champion of fluency and speed, and the new challenger, ChatGPT 4.5, boasting an upgraded intellect and sharper wit. But which one is truly the best? To find...more
3/13/2025
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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
3/10/2025
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Electronically Stored Information ,
Ethics ,
Innovative Technology ,
Law Students ,
Legal Ethics ,
Legal Technology ,
Legal Writing ,
Machine Learning ,
Professional Development
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
2/28/2025
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Bar Exam ,
Discovery ,
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Ethics ,
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Law Students ,
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Machine Learning ,
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Software
The year 2025 has brought us closer than ever to the dawn of artificial general intelligence, with AI systems now capable of reasoning on par with humans—or even surpassing them in specific domains. In this article, I examine...more
2/21/2025
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Technology-Assisted Review
DeepSeek’s Deep-Think feature takes a small but meaningful step toward building trust between users and AI. By displaying its reasoning process step by step, Deep-Think allows users to see how the AI forms its conclusions,...more
2/4/2025
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Machine Learning ,
Software ,
Transparency
The rise of artificial intelligence has evoked both awe and apprehension. AI’s capabilities are undeniably astonishing. It can converse and respond to us like a human, answer questions—often with impressive accuracy—write...more
1/29/2025
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Preface. For background on the story, see my non-fiction article, GPT-4 Breakthrough: Emerging Theory of Mind Capabilities in AI. To create this story, I had ChatGPT read this article and the underlying scientific paper...more
Generative AI is transforming the landscape of legal technology, offering unprecedented opportunities to automate tasks and streamline complex workflows. Yet, designing AI tools that truly meet the needs of legal...more
11/12/2024
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Technology-Assisted Review
While almost everyone is panicking about a potential robot apocalypse, Dario Amodei, the CEO and co-founder of Anthropic (“Claude”), is explaining how AI might compress 100 years of medical progress into a decade, cure mental...more
11/1/2024
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Automation Systems ,
Discovery ,
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Health Technology ,
Healthcare ,
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Machine Learning ,
Mental Health ,
Risk Management ,
Technology Sector
Artificial Intelligence is no longer just a tool for automating mundane tasks—it’s now stepping into arenas traditionally dominated by human judgment and empathy. One of the most intriguing applications of AI is in dispute...more
10/30/2024
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Discovery ,
Dispute Resolution ,
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Machine Learning ,
Mediation ,
Mediators
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
10/9/2024
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Technology-Assisted Review
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
10/3/2024
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Young Lawyers