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Column - De advocatuur door andere ogen - (Dutch) "The legal profession through other eyes"
Legal tech-expert Jeroen Zweers snapt waarom de advocatuur zo langzaam verandert, maar begrijpen doet hij het niet. “Advocaten zijn opgeleid tot risicoaversie. Deze cultuur is ingesleten en weerhoudt advocaten van het zetten van gedurfde stappen richting transformatie.” De advocatuur moet veranderen. Het huidige business model sluit niet aan op de wensen van de klant, is... lees verder
advocatie.nl
The Full Story of Large Language Models and RLHF
Large Language Models have been in the limelight since the release of ChatGPT, with new models being announced seemingly every week. This guide walks through the essential ideas of how these models came to be.
assemblyai.com
'Advocaat zal niet verdwijnen, maar het wordt tijd dat we durven vernieuwen en investeren in ons beroep' - DataNews
De investeringen in digitale innovatie binnen onze beroepsgroep zijn véél te beperkt’, schrijft advocaat Bram Vandromme.
knack.be
Hogan Lovells Launches ELTEMATE, a Tech Subsidiary Combining Lawyers, Engineers, AI Specialists | Legaltech News
ELTEMATE will host and develop the firm’s legal tech tool offerings for Hogan Lovells and its clients. Sebastian Lach, CEO of ELTEMATE, told Legaltech News that artificial intelligence will be at the core of the subsidiary's projects.
law.com
A lawyer used ChatGPT for a legal filing. The chatbot cited nonexistent cases it just made up. | Mashable
The lawyer now may face sanctions for submitting the bogus cases.
mashable.com
How can legal teams combine their own legal knowledge with GPT?
Is it possible to customise large language models and generative AI (such as ChatGPT and GPT4) with your own documents? Read our in-depth guide on finetuning and feeding your own legal knowledge into GPT!
clausebase.com
Guest post: Believe neither the hype nor the backlash on ChatGPT - Legal IT Insider
The best way to understand the utility and limitations of generative AI is to understand how it works.
legaltechnology.com
Just Calm Down About GPT-4 Already - IEEE Spectrum
And stop confusing performance with competence, says Rodney Brooks
ieee.org
The future of lawyer competence: Self-directed, AI-generated, customized CPD
Continuing legal education is on its last legs. Self-directed professional development will replace it. And generative AI will be the weapon of choice.
substack.com
Law professor Abdi Aidid on how AI could transform the legal system | Dropbox Blog
Aidid discusses the “professional advantage” for lawyers who embrace AI, and how AI tools are already taking the drudgery out of legal work.
dropbox.com
Smart Legal Contracts by Hunit
Tools for creating Smart Legal Contracts (SLC) authored directly in MS Word becoming active participants in their own execution & enforcement
hunit.com