Artificial Intelligence & Robotics

What Filevine’s new AI tool could mean for the future of depositions

When Filevine unveiled its Depo Copilot in September, it sent shock waves among those in the legal technology sphere. What are potential issues relating to generative artificial intelligence, and what does it mean for the future of depositions?

Oct 16, 2024 8:34 AM CDT

What’s next for Clio? ‘We’ll always remain focused on customer success’

As Jack Newton, the CEO and founder of Clio, a legal technology company, took the stage for his keynote address Monday at the 12th annual Clio Cloud Conference, happening this year in Austin, Texas, he was in a reflective mood.

Oct 10, 2024 3:10 PM CDT

This law school is among the 1% that allow use of AI to write admissions essays

Can would-be law students use generative artificial intelligence programs, such as ChatGPT, to write admissions essays? Fifty-four percent of surveyed law schools have no official policy on the issue, according to a survey by test prep company Kaplan.

Oct 9, 2024 2:47 PM CDT

With lawyers being less responsive to clients, Clio unveils new AI-productivity aid to help

The adoption of generative artificial intelligence could allow lawyers to be more responsive and efficient at a time when they are anything but.

Oct 7, 2024 1:19 PM CDT

OpenAI’s use of Scarlett Johansson-like voice in ChatGPT exposed gaps in the law

The conflict has raised questions about intellectual property, the right to publicity and AI regulation. If actress Scarlett Johansson decides to sue OpenAI, it’s expected to be a tricky case, as laws regulating AI usage of voices aren’t clear.

Oct 1, 2024 2:40 AM CDT

Will generative AI ever fix its hallucination problem?

A misplaced reliance on generative AI for research can be like overtrusting your robocar’s driving skills, resulting in real or metaphorical crashes.

Oct 1, 2024 2:30 AM CDT

‘Robot lawyer’ website DoNotPay settles FTC claims it couldn’t deliver on promises

A website that billed itself as the “world’s first robot lawyer” has agreed to pay $193,000 to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that it did not live up to its claims.

Sep 30, 2024 10:28 AM CDT

Top factors that contribute to burnout among legal professionals

Ari Kaplan recently spoke with Bill Potter, the vice president of presales engineering at Nuix, a leading investigative analytics and intelligence software provider.

Sep 23, 2024 2:10 PM CDT

Artificial Intelligence in Litigation: Streamlining deposition summarization and analysis

Generative artificial intelligence tools for legal professionals have been a large part of my focus in this column. Since 2017, I’ve written about all different types of software and have been covering AI tools. After the general release of ChatGPT in November 2022, one of my top priorities has been to include generative AI products designed for legal professionals.

Sep 20, 2024 9:55 AM CDT

AI-enabled workflow platform Vincent AI expands capabilities

Leading AI-powered legal tech company vLex released a major upgrade Thursday to Vincent AI, its workflow platform.

Sep 12, 2024 10:06 AM CDT

Despite lyrics mistake by AI, lawyer wasn’t ineffective for using tech in rapper’s case, federal judge says

A federal judge has refused to grant a new trial in a case of a rapper convicted for using straw donors in a back-channel lobbying campaign, despite evidence of a mistake by an artificial intelligence program used to help draft closing arguments.

Sep 3, 2024 12:09 PM CDT

ILTACON 2024: Selling legal tech’s monorail

Last week’s ILTACON, an annual conference sponsored by the International Legal Technology Association felt a lot like The Simpsons episode "Marge vs. the Monorail," where the smooth-talking Lyle Lanley sells the town on the idea of a flashy but questionable monorail. Lanley's famous opening line, "You know, a town with money's a little like the mule with a spinning wheel. No one knows how he got it and danged if he knows how to use it," kept coming to mind during the event’s numerous presentations.

Aug 26, 2024 9:58 AM CDT