Dickerson: Leveraging chatbots for lawyers: Using ChatGPT and Bard
If you haven’t already started using generative artificial intelligence to optimize your practice, then you are seriously missing out.
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AI latest technological frontier impacting judiciary, Chief Justice Roberts says in year-end report
Artificial intelligence and other technological changes will continue to transform the work of the courts, but U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts says he is sure judges will not become obsolete.
Wilson: Keyboard shortcuts for editing text
Recently, someone asked a great question: Where do you learn keyboard shortcuts?
Indiana courts CAO Forkner to co-chair AI ‘rapid response team’
The Conference of Chief Justices and Conference of State Court Administrators have created a rapid response team of chief justices and state court administrators to examine immediate issues related to artificial intelligence and generative AI in courts.
Epic wins its antitrust lawsuit against the Play Store. What does the verdict mean for Google?
Google lost an antitrust lawsuit over barriers to its Android app store, as a federal court jury has decided that the company’s payments system was anticompetitive and damaged smartphone consumers and software developers.
Denial of motion to compel cellphone evidence wasn’t error, COA affirms
A trial court did not err in denying a pedestrian’s motion to compel cellphone evidence in his suit against the woman who struck him with her car, the Court of Appeals of Indiana affirmed Tuesday.
Marquez: ‘NameDropping’ may get you the connection you’re seeking
Essentially, NameDrop allows two iPhone users to exchange one or both party’s contact information electronically by simply bringing the phones together and tapping “Share” or “Receive Only.”
AI’s future could be ‘open-source’ or closed. Tech giants are divided as they lobby regulators
Facebook parent Meta and IBM on Tuesday launched a new group called the AI Alliance that’s advocating for an “open science” approach to AI development that puts them at odds with rivals Google, Microsoft and ChatGPT-maker OpenAI.
IndyBar: Practice Toolkit: Chatterbox: Is ChatGPT Going to Take Your Job?
Whenever the concepts of machine learning or artificial intelligence are brought up — they are two very different things, actually — attorneys always start asking: Is this new tech going to take my job?
Chicago legal tech firm relocates to Bloomington
A legal technology and services company previously based in Chicago has relocated its headquarters to Bloomington.
Wilson: Build a mileage calculator on your iPhone using Shortcuts
Say you want to track your mileage to attend a court hearing and input that as an expense entry in your billing program. Tracking mileage is a good example of making your own tool because it demonstrates the power of Shortcuts.
Hoosiers gave ‘Zoom court’ high marks
For thousands of Hoosiers undergoing civil proceedings during the COVID-19 pandemic, remote hearings or “Zoom court” allowed them to attend safely and conveniently.
A security problem has taken down computer systems for almost all Kansas courts
Computer systems for almost all of Kansas’ courts have been offline for five days because of what officials call a “security incident,” preventing them from accepting electronic filings and blocking public access to many of their records.
Utah sues TikTok, alleging it lures children into addictive and destructive social media habits
Utah became the latest state Tuesday to file a lawsuit against TikTok, alleging the company is “baiting” children into addictive and unhealthy social media habits.
Taft launches new AI training
Taft will partner with Maryland-based SkillBurst Interactive to launch a training series on generative artificial intelligence for lawyers and other professionals, the firm announced Tuesday.
AI crash course helps launch ISBA’s yearlong series
No presentation about the role of artificial intelligence in the legal community would be complete without at least mentioning the New York attorneys who got in trouble for submitting a court brief that cited nonexistent cases generated by ChatGPT.
Supreme Court will decide if state laws limiting social media platforms violate Constitution
The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide whether state laws that seek to regulate Facebook, TikTok, X and other social media platforms violate the Constitution.
Keeping up with changing AI is educational challenge
Legal and ethical questions that will arise from the increasing use of artificial intelligence—particularly generative AI that uses existing information to create new content—could test current laws and courts’ ability to untangle the technology.
Google exploited exclusive search engine deals to maintain advantage over rivals, DOJ argues
Google has exploited its dominance of the internet search market to lock out competitors and smother innovation, the Department of Justice said Tuesday at the opening of the biggest U.S. antitrust trial in a quarter century.
Wilson: Digital, analog note-taking tactics: Finding your fit
Too often, we overlook the tools that are right in front of us. Instead, we search for the tool that will do things bigger, better and faster.