A new study by Rob Willey and Melanie Knapp from George Mason University Law Library ranks The Top 100 Legal Scholars of 2024. The study continues their methodology that counts citations to law journal articles in HeinOnline, limiting to articles written in a recent, three-year period of time (2018-2020). By focusing on more recent scholarship, their approach makes the ranking more inclusive of women scholars, newer academics, and non-traditional scholars like practitioners who may have more limited time
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ABA Issues Formal Opinion on Use of Generative AI
On July 29, 2024, the American Bar Association (ABA) issued Formal Opinion 512 regarding the use of generative artificial intelligence tools.
The 15-page opinion addressed the use of generative artificial intelligence in the practice of law, focusing on the specific rules pertaining to confidentiality, communications, legal fees, competence, and other related rules.
What Is GAI?
First, it is important to know what generative artificial intelligence is, to understand the context of the ABA opinion.
Generative artificial intelligence (GAI) has
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Generative Artificial Intelligence 101: Evaluating the Consistency and Reliability of Generative AI for Content Creation
Generative AI still cannot consistently or reliably create content without substantial inaccuracies, racial and gendered biases, or outright fabrications.
In our previous Generative Artificial Intelligence 101 blog post, we defined Generative AI and its many benefits. This time we will discuss why we cannot rely on Generative AI completely, just yet.
While Generative AI is leaps and bounds more advanced than any other type of machine learning program that has ever existed, the current models are still plagued
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Generative Artificial Intelligence 101: What Is Generative AI, and What Are Its Benefits?
To understand the impact of generative artificial intelligence technology (Generative AI), it is helpful to understand first how this technology differs from artificial intelligence that has been in routine use by many industries.
Artificial intelligence encompasses any theory, computer system, or software that is developed to perform tasks that traditionally required human intelligence. Generative artificial intelligence technology is a subset of this technology.[1]
Starting with the basics, Generative AI is an algorithm that can be used to create
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Generative Artificial Intelligence 101: An Introduction
What is Generative AI, what can it do, and what should you be worried about?
Generative artificial intelligence technology (“Generative AI”) has seen a surge in advancement and attention in the past few years. With the release of ChatGPT and other generative artificial intelligence models (also referred to as “generative AI programs” or simply AI “generators”), Generative AI has integrated itself across many different industries, schools, and even households. As public use of this technology increases, there is a
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Tips on Detecting & Improving AI-generated Text
As generative AI tools become increasingly sophisticated and widely used, the ability to distinguish between AI-generated and human-written text has become a hot topic. While AI can be an incredibly powerful tool for writing and research, it’s important to understand its strengths, limitations, and potential “tells” that may indicate its use. Below are some tips for detecting AI-generated text and, more importantly, how to improve and personalize AI-assisted writing to make it truly your own.
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Clearbrief MS Word Add-in Uses AI to Evaluate the Strength of a Brief
Clearbrief is a new brief analysis tool that uses AI to evaluate the strength of the arguments in a brief, identifying how well each sentence is supported by the cited source. It functions as an add-in to Microsoft Word.
From the website:
Clearbrief automatically pulls up every factual and legal source you cite to in your draft, side by side with your writing, and points out mistakes in what you said vs. what your source says. [It] instantly
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