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.
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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.
‘An inevitable reality’: ISBA gears up for yearlong series on AI
The Indiana State Bar Association has big plans for how to prepare for an expected revolution in how the legal community operates thanks to artificial intelligence, and it’ll start later this month at the bar association’s annual summit.
Dreyer: Trending: The future of state court access
The year 2023 marks the 36th time the National Center for State Courts has published its annual “Trends in State Courts” report.
Google reaches tentative settlement with all 50 states over alleged app store monopoly
All 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico have reached an agreement in principle with Google to settle a lawsuit filed in 2021 over the tech giant’s alleged monopolistic control of app distribution.
IndyBar: Practice Toolkit: Are Notifications Blowing Up Your Concentration?
Look, the fact of the matter is that software and hardware for work is designed to be “in your face” at all times.
‘People deserve a second chance’: Discretionary expungements marked more prominently on MyCase
Discretionary expungements used to be marked only at the very bottom of a chronological case summary on MyCase.in.gov, but now, advocacy efforts have led to a more prominent positioning.
Marquez: Ergonomics for the eyes: Protecting your eyes from screens
Most of us are familiar with the many ergonomic resource options in the office that can make our long days (and sometimes nights) in front of a computer more manageable. One part of the body that is often overlooked in these measures is our eyes.
Dickerson: How I learned to stop worrying and love artificial intelligence
AI is a uniquely powerful technology that may affect the legal industry in ways that previous technological developments have not.
IndyBar: Practice Toolkit: Window Dressing: A Client Portal Is the Next Step in Attorney-Client Relations
Most modern law practice management software now includes “client portals,” which allow law firms to share information with clients via the software through a secure platform.
Coelho, Craig and Hoshing: AI: Tomorrow’s platform or today’s ethical quicksand?
AI promises speed and accuracy in handling legal tasks, significantly lowering costs for the firm and client. But as a recent case from New York illustrates, lawyers must use care when relying on AI.
Chatbots sometimes make things up. Not everyone thinks AI’s hallucination problem is fixable
Spend enough time with ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence chatbots and it doesn’t take long for them to spout falsehoods. It’s now a problem for every business, organization and high school student trying to get a generative AI system to get work done.
Wilson: What’s your system for capturing, processing, completing actions?
This article outlines some ideas for your personal system to capture the various types of projects you may face in the legal context and how to work those through a process to completion.
Free summer law camp lets kids learn about the law, interact with judges, attorneys
With an eye toward appealing to children with an interest in the law, Kids’ Voice of Indiana held its third free summer law camp this week.
Lawyers submitted bogus caselaw created by ChatGPT. A judge fined them $5,000
A federal judge on Thursday imposed $5,000 fines on two lawyers and a law firm in an unprecedented instance in which ChatGPT was blamed for their submission of fictitious legal research in an aviation injury claim.
Akard: Impact of CHIPS legislation on Indiana
Semiconductors function as the brains of almost every modern technology we use. They play an indispensable role for our national security, and competitiveness and can be found in everything from cars and phones to the electric grid and rocket ships.