The recent picture above by Lynn Hsu in The New Yorker magazine depicts a lost opportunity for me.When I moved to the Midwest nearly 30 years ago, I should have bought some farmland that I could now sell to BigTech for big money to house their AI data centers!Of course, tech companies are making massive
Earlier this week the The New York Times published an interesting must-read article entitled, “Which Workers Will AI Hurt Most: The Young or The Experienced?”While it’s an interesting question, we do know that the rise of AI will impact jobs, and we are starting to see that in real-time across various industries (especially the tech
Increasingly, we are seeing managers use AI tools to create performance reviews for their direct reports.This will become a big trend as companies continue to reduce the size of “middle managers” and increase their span of controls to manage more people on their teams.While I don’t think The Office‘s legendary Scranton Manager Michael Scott
In our AI era where AI can be used as both a tool and a weapon, it’s important for AI providers to earn the trust of their customers and regulators – and especially as our laws (largely with the exception of the EU AI Act) have not kept up with the rapid pace of
Earlier this week, it was reported that Amazon CEO Andy Jassy (and Andy and I both attended Scarsdale High School in the suburbs of New York City back in the day) said the size of Amazon’s workforce will shrink due to AI.
In a June 17, 2025 email to Amazon employees that was shared across
Even the iconic The Economist magazine is joining the LegalTech space!In an issue from last week, The Economist published this article, about how it created its own AI tool known as “SCOTUSbot” to help predict the outcomes of upcoming US Supreme Court cases.While we’ll be sure to monitor how well SCOTUSbot does, it demonstrates
As AI becomes more pervasive and lawyers are seeking guidance on how to navigate our rapidly evolving AI legal and regulatory environment, we are seeing a big increase in continuing legal education (CLE) events regarding AI and the law.
These events are often produced by law firms, bar associations, law schools, legal tech providers, general
Last week (on Valentine’s Day), the leading airline Air Canada was ordered to issue a refund to a customer who was misled by its chatbot. This case has received a fair amount of attention across the internet and social media.
The facts of the case are pretty straightforward. An Air Canada customer sought to obtain
It was great to be “back in law school” this past Friday to attend the “AI and Law: Navigating the Legal Landscape of Artificial Intelligence Symposium” at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law that was produced by its Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property in Chicago.
This terrific event was spearheaded by Northwestern Law Professor Dan
Last year the internet went into a frenzy after pictures like the one above of Pope Francis wearing a puffer jacket were circulated. These images were created by generative AI and of course it demonstrates the powerful nature of AI technology.
The Pope has also been proactive in stressing the importance of ethical AI.
Last year the internet went into a frenzy after pictures like the one above of Pope Francis wearing a puffer jacket were circulated. These images were created by generative AI and of course it demonstrates the powerful nature of AI technology.
The Pope has also been proactive in stressing the importance of ethical AI.
A must-read report entitled “Generative Artificial Intelligence and the Workforce” was released last week by The Burning Glass Institute and SHRM. This report was also featured in an article in The New York Times. This report is interesting for the legal industry since it shares the following observations regarding the potential
The annual Data Privacy Day 2024 was earlier this week on Sunday, January 28th. I originally thought that the data privacy people worked with the people at Hallmark to help make a Data Privacy Day. In any event, I didn’t receive a card in the mail to commemorate Data Privacy Day!
Of course, as we
While I am not a “Swifty,” I’m a very big fan of the National Football League (NFL). Football fans like myself have been recently seeing a lot of highly popular singer-songwriter Taylor Swift on national TV since she’s been dating an NFL player named Travis Kelcie of the Kansas City Chiefs (and
3 weeks ago, on New Year’s Eve, the 2023 Year End Report on the US Federal Judiciary was issued by US Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr.
I find it interesting from a marketing perspective that this annual report is released on the very last day of the year when most folks,