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AI Terms for Legal Professionals: Understanding What Powers Legal Tech, Lexis Insights, 3/20/23
The legal technology landscape is evolving rapidly in front of our eyes, creating a whole new vocabulary of AI-related terms and phrases. For those of us who aren’t product developers or software engineers, it’s helpful to define what these terms mean. This user guide is designed to equip you with a better understanding of key AI concepts.
ChatGPT and Legal Writing: The Perfect Union?, Joe Regalia, revised 10/11/23
This article discusses the integration of ChatGPT in legal writing and its potential benefits for legal professionals. It emphasizes how ChatGPT can assist lawyers in drafting legal documents, conducting legal research, and providing concise explanations of complex legal matters. It also provides a multitude of prompt examples for legal research and writing.
NEW 4 Tips for Improving Your Legal Searches with Generative Engines, Lexis Nexis, 4/18/24
The emergence of generative engines — a new wave of generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) — is poised to revolutionize the way lawyers approach legal research. But what exactly are generative engines, and how can they empower you to become a more efficient and effective legal researcher?
Move Over Law Professors? AI Likes to Write Law Review Articles Too!, AI Law Librarians, 3/28/24
While taking a well-deserved break from the grind of writing memos and analyzing the news of the day, Claude (aka the illustrious author Claudia Trey) penned a 77-page extensively footnoted law review article that’s causing quite a stir on SSRN entitled “Bloodlines Over Merits: Exposing the Discriminatory Impact of Legacy Preferences in College Admissions.”
Lawyer Tests AI's Law-Writing Capability with ChatGPT, The Mirage, 2/13/24
A Charles Darwin University (CDU) academic has answered one of the modern-day legal world's most burning questions: Can Artificial Intelligence (AI) write laws?
Birth of the Summarizer Pro GPT: Please Work for Me, GPT, AI Law Librarians, 2/8/24
Last week, my plan was to publish a blog post about creating a GPT goofily self-named Summarizer Pro to summarize articles and organize citation information in a specific format for inclusion in a LibGuide. However, upon revisiting the task this week, I find myself first compelled to discuss the recent and thrilling advancements surrounding GPTs – the ability to incorporate GPTs into a ChatGPT conversation.
Is AI Your New Thesaurus?, Attorney at Work, 1/18/24
For advice on how to vary your vocabulary, generative AI could be your new thesaurus. But don’t get rid of your style guides just yet.
Researchers Find Legal Errors 'Pervasive' In Top AI Models, Law360 Pulse, 1/12/24
Large language models regularly give incorrect responses when asked legal questions, making it crucial for this technology to be supervised when used in law practice, according to a recently published study by researchers at Stanford University's RegLab and Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence.
ChatGPT-4 Pre-Prompt Text Reminders: “Remember You Can Search the Internet…BUT NOT FOR SONG LYRICS!”, AI Law Librarians, 1/9/24
I have frequently wondered why ChatGPT often struggles with searching the internet – to the point where it sometimes denies having internet access altogether and has to be reminded. The answer fell into my lap today when I was listening to my favorite AI podcast and heard the ChatGPT Pre-Prompt Text Leaked episode. As it turns out, ChatGPT is so bad at remembering that it can search the internet for answers that OpenAI has to run a plain old normal natural language prompt reminding it behind the scenes – a set of custom instructions that runs even before the user’s custom instructions or prompts.
Principled Instructions Are All You Need for Questioning LLaMA-1/2, GPT-3.5/4, arXiv, 12/26/23
This paper introduces 26 guiding principles designed to streamline the process of querying and prompting large language models. Our goal is to simplify the underlying concepts of formulating questions for various scales of large language models, examining their abilities, and enhancing user comprehension on the behaviors of different scales of large language models when feeding into different prompts.
A Cursory Look at Lexis+ AI, AALL Legal Innovation & Technology SIS, 1/5/24
This post examines an instance of an interaction with Lexis+ AI to show a sample of its functionality. Hopefully, analysis of this functionality can show the priorities and abilities of the AI and assess the AI’s utility for various research needs.
Google Announces the Public Release of Gemini: Can it be Used to Support Legal Research?, Criminal Law Library Blog, 12/14/23
On December 6, 2023, Google announced the public the launch of Gemini, its most powerful and versatile artificial intelligence (AI) model yet. According to Google, this groundbreaking technology marks a significant milestone in the field of AI, with the potential to revolutionize various industries and impact our daily lives in profound ways. This posting consists of an overview of Gemini based on various materials I could retrieve on short notice–since I was unaware that the unveiling of Gemini would be on December 6. As explained in the second part of this post I also include material addressing the question: Is Gemini capable of supporting legal research.
AI improves legal writing speed, not quality - study, Reuters, 11/8/23
This article reports on a study indicating that while AI improves the speed of legal writing, it does not necessarily enhance the quality. The research suggests that AI tools like ChatGPT contribute to quicker document generation but may fall short in ensuring the substantive excellence and precision that legal professionals prioritize.
Jacqueline Schafer on Writing Briefs at the Speed of AI: How ClearBrief is Transforming Legal Drafting, 3 Geeks and a Law Blog, 10/16/23 (podcast)
On this episode of The Geek in Review, hosts Marlene Gebauer and Greg Lambert delve into how AI can transform legal writing with ClearBrief founder and CEO Jacqueline Scaher. As a former litigator, Schafer experienced firsthand the frustrating scramble to finalize briefs and prepare filings. She founded ClearBrief in 2020 to leverage AI to analyze documents and suggest relevant evidence and citations to streamline drafting.
AI Assistance in Legal Analysis: An Empirical Study, Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 23-22, 8/13/23
Can artificial intelligence (AI) augment human legal reasoning? To find out, we designed a novel experiment administering law school exams to students with and without access to GPT-4, the best-performing AI model currently available.
Law Schools Split on ChatGPT in Admissions Essays, Inside Higher Ed, 8/4/23
Law schools are divided on whether to use ChatGPT, an AI tool, in the admissions process. Some institutions believe it can enhance the efficiency and accessibility of the application process by providing quick responses to common queries and automating certain administrative tasks. However, others are skeptical and question the tool's ability to evaluate applicants fairly and the potential for AI bias. This divide highlights the ongoing debate within academia about the role of AI in critical decision-making processes like admissions.
How ChatGPT and Generative AI Impact Legal Writing and Research Courses, ALWD Virtual Front Porch, 2/17/23
This article explores how ChatGPT and generative AI are influencing legal writing and research courses. It discusses the potential of AI to assist students with legal writing and research tasks, making it easier for them to generate documents, perform legal analysis, and even enhance their writing skills. It also highlights concerns about overreliance on AI tools, emphasizing the need for legal educators to balance AI's benefits with the development of students' critical thinking and legal writing abilities.