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How Hallucinatory A.I. Helps Science Dream Up Big Breakthroughs nytimes.com/2024/12/23/sci… via @NYTimes

I've set up over at @bluesky and will post more there than here, at least short term as I experiment. I hope it brings us back to what Twitter was a few years ago I'm at bsky.app/profile/ronfri…

This company wants to be your law firm and legal AI tech provider in one @LegalDive legaldive.com/news/this-comp… Explains Avantia Law legal services with GenAI #LLM Interesting read #NewLaw or #ALSP 2.0 ?

UI range for GenAI per ⁦@NicoleBradick⁩

At legal GenAI conference, session on agentic AI: Will agents become like Lotus Notes, with 5 apps for every workflow, ie, reinventing wheel. Great question.

Generative AI and the New Era of Preventive Lawyering @stephenembryjd techlawcrossroads.com/2024/11/genera… Glad to see another voice discussing #DoLessLaw

@jborstein @RoyWStrom Even dinners, disruption in #BigLaw has been an evergreen topic for much of this century. My Q: when folks talk about it, are they forecasting, or just wishing it?

@ronfriedmann @RoyWStrom Shocker: AI didn’t “eat their lunch” yet. Every business I’ve been in was about to “eat law firms lunches,” yet we had lunch and they had lunch. Amazing. It’s almost as if innovation creates more lunches.

Law Firm Revenue Soars 12% as Lawyers Get Back to Being Busy @RoyWStrom news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-p… "Top lines at the 50 largest law firms grew 14%" thru Q3 per Citi Demand up 3.2% Tech spending up (not quantified)

@RWS_01 @BLaw Indeed but the question of long term viabiility of smaller #BigLaw remains.

@ronfriedmann @BLaw Standout for me was that the "smaller" firm has by far the better PPP (Profit per Partner) stat... ...showing that if you want to be "profitable", you don't have to be BIG!

Herbert Smith Freehills, Kramer Levin Announce Merger Plans @BLaw news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-p… Wondering again how many sub-500, and maybe sub-1000 lawyer #BigLaw will survive, other than boutiques or niche practices. Thoughts welcome

AI Saves Ad Agencies a Lot of Time. Should They Still Charge by the Hour? @WSJ wsj.com/articles/ai-sa… Change "Ad Agencies" to "law firms" > all the same considerations.

Q3 2024 LFFI: Firms’ profits reach new heights on wave of resurgent demand TR / @legalcurrent thomsonreuters.com/en-us/posts/le… 2nd highest read ever "Demand growth was incredibly broad"

What's new in legal tech, KM, and innovation in #BigLaw and the legal market? Join me on January 16 for the free, volunteer-led, and juried selection of short presentations at the virtual hashtag#SKILLS conference. Agenda and register for free at skills.law

@edward_aldridge I was trying to add text at the end of an open iOS note. You raise a good point that requests may need to be more carefully worded. What, computers can't read my mind? 😀

I hope Apple Intelligence improves with future iOS releases. Siri is not much smarter yet. And the #LLM feature does not understand basics, e.g., I said "type a the end of this [open] note" and it did not know what that means.

The Enigma Of Big Law Innovation @legalmosaic forbes.com/sites/markcohe… Mark Cohen asks great questions about innovation in and the business model of #BigLaw, esp. relevant in the age of #LLM

Gen AI Makes Legal Action Cheap — and Companies Need to Prepare @HarvardBiz hbr.org/2024/10/gen-ai… Shows how #LLM could dramatically increase the number of legal filings, and impact of that. This is the opposite of #DoLessLaw It's @DoMoreLaw, but not in the way @nwaisb meant

Am Law 50's Runaway Rates Put Onus on Legal Departments to Stiffen Resistance ALM law.com/corpcounsel/20… Brightflag survey: "Am Law 100 increased hourly rates an average of 10.0% in 2024, more than double last year's 4.8%"

Just 11% of Legal Departments Predict Gen AI Will Be 'Transformative,' as Its Honeymoon Phase Fades ALM on ACC +1 Survey law.com/corpcounsel/20… #LLM expectations are high, usage and benefits, not so much. These findings are consistent with the many legal department calls I have

Legaltech News Editor-in-Chief Stephanie Wilkins Moves to Legaltech Hub @bobambrogi lawnext.com/2024/10/legalt… Congrats @StephAWilkins + @LegalTechHub1