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We’re dedicated to keeping you informed on the latest in AI regulations, legal tech developments, and expert insights to help you navigate artificial intelligence in the legal profession.

This week’s Highlights:

• Has the Hallucination Problem Been Solved?

• Headlines From Around the Web You Shouldn't Miss

• Billables AI: Streamlining Legal Timekeeping with Automated Precision

• AI Tools to Supercharge your producivity

• From Techno-Regulation to AI Safety Research

• Legal prompt of the week

Legal Technology

Has the Hallucination Problem Been Solved?

Imagine asking an AI chatbot for legal advice and receiving a response that seems confident, detailed, and authoritative. You act on it, only to discover later that the advice was entirely fabricated — a phenomenon known as “hallucination” in the world of generative AI. This isn’t just a hypothetical scenario; stories abound of AI tools confidently producing misinformation, sometimes with severe consequences.  One of the more well-known examples involved a New York attorney that cited fake cases generated by ChatGPT in the brief he filed with the federal court. 

As we’ve seen, while the potential of generative AI in law is immense, offering a vision of cost-effective, accessible legal services, the specter of inaccuracy raises critical questions: Can legal chatbots truly serve the public without compromising reliability? Are ChatGPT and other free chatbots really enhancing access to legal services, or do their flaws outweigh the benefits to justice?  Think about it, if an experienced New York attorney didn’t spot the mistakes in his brief, how is an ordinary person that is seeking some form of legal advice or assistance from ChatGPT or one of its counterparts, going to extrapolate the accurate or relevant information for their case?

Does this mean that generative AI tools should be completely dismissed?  Of course not.  But one thing is certain – the industry can only really claim that the result of generative AI products is enhanced access to justice once it can demonstrate more accurate output.  

This article explores the challenges posed by hallucinations in AI and the potential solutions that could transform these tools into dependable allies for justice.

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🔍 OpenAI Nears Launch of AI Agent Tool to Automate Tasks for Users (Bloomberg)

🔍 Musk expands lawsuit against OpenAI, adding Microsoft and antitrust claims (Reuters)

🔍 Nearly half of AI data centers may not have enough power by 2027 (TechCrunch)

🔍 New Nvidia AI chips overheating in servers, the Information reports (Reuters)

🔍 How the Trump tariffs on Taiwan chips could hurt the AI trade — and the likes of Nvidia (Yahoo Finance)

Legal Technology

Billables AI: Streamlining Legal Timekeeping with Automated Precision

We’ve all heard the saying “time is money”, but nobody feels this as deeply as legal professionals.  In a profession where every billable minute (quite literally) matters, Billables AI offers a game-changing solution to help lawyers reclaim their time (and money) and focus on their core work. This new AI-powered platform promises to solve a nagging problem faced by legal professionals —  accurate, efficient timekeeping — while enhancing productivity and maintaining the highest levels of security. With early adopters already reporting 15-30% more billable hours captured and 90% less time spent on billing tasks like writing narrative descriptions, Billables AI may just be the next essential tool in lawyers’ arsenal.

Automating Timekeeping for Modern Legal Teams

Billables AI offers more than just a stopwatch; it’s a first-of-its-kind automated billable time reporting tool that works seamlessly in the background, capturing and organizing billable hours without interrupting workflows. The platform integrates directly with tools like Microsoft Office, Zoom, Adobe and Google Chrome, recording activities as they happen. Most lawyers never thought this day would come – however, gone are the days of manually tracking time or starting and stopping timers — Billables AI does it all automatically, matching entries to the correct clients and cases with precision.

Read the full article here

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Compliance and regulations

From Techno-Regulation to AI Safety Research: India’s AI Governance Landscape in 2024

India stands at a pivotal moment in its technological evolution, particularly in artificial intelligence. The nation’s unique position stems from its dual identity: a technological powerhouse with over 5 million IT professionals, yet a developing economy working to establish comprehensive digital governance frameworks. The regulatory landscape for emerging technologies in India presents an intricate puzzle. While traditional sectors operate under established frameworks, the digital realm—especially AI—exists in a regulatory space that’s still taking shape. This creates both opportunities and challenges for innovation, as developers and businesses navigate uncertain legal territories while pushing technological boundaries. The complexity is further amplified by India’s federal structure, where both central and state governments must coordinate their approaches to technology governance. This multi-layered system requires careful balancing of national interests with regional needs, particularly in areas like data localization, privacy protection, and AI deployment in public services.

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This prompt empowers lawyers to make faster, more strategic decisions by organizing complex legal scenarios into a clear, actionable framework. It saves time while ensuring every angle is thoroughly considered, offering a practical tool for tackling challenging legal dilemmas.

Prompt: Create a decision-making matrix to evaluate [specific legal scenario]. Identify key factors (e.g., risks, benefits, costs, and precedents) and assign a weighted score to each. Provide a clear recommendation based on the analysis, ensuring it is logical, strategic, and time-efficient.

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