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Will Artificial Intelligence Win the Caption Contest?
May 21, 2016
When social-media users upload photographs and caption them, they don’t just label their contents. They tell a story, which gives the photos context and additional emotional meaning. A paper published by Microsoft Research describes an image captioning system that mimics humans’ unique style of visual storytelling. Companies like Microsoft, Google, and Facebook have spent years teaching computers to label the contents of images, but this new research takes it a step further by teaching a neural-network-based...
May 21, 2016
When social-media users upload photographs and caption them, they don’t just label their contents. They tell a story, which gives the photos context and additional emotional meaning. A paper published by Microsoft Research describes an image captioning system that mimics humans’ unique style of visual storytelling. Companies like Microsoft, Google, and Facebook have spent years teaching computers to label the contents of images, but this new research takes it a step further by teaching a neural-network-based...
Google’s ‘Goals’ Could Be One Of The Largest Behavioral Science Experiments Ever Conducted
May 21, 2016
Can small changes to your calendar have big effects on your behavior? One of the biggest challenges behavioral scientists...
May 21, 2016
Can small changes to your calendar have big effects on your behavior? One of the biggest challenges behavioral scientists...
From Free Law Project, A Nationwide Database of Judges
May 20, 2016
Free Law Project has launched a database of biographical information on some 8,500 federal and state judges. The database can be searched through Free Law Project’s Courtlistener. It also can be downloaded as bulk data or accessed via APIs (application programming interface, for interacting with other software applications). Free Law Project is a nonprofit devoted to providing the public with free access to primary legal materials on the Internet. It developed this database with support from...
May 20, 2016
Free Law Project has launched a database of biographical information on some 8,500 federal and state judges. The database can be searched through Free Law Project’s Courtlistener. It also can be downloaded as bulk data or accessed via APIs (application programming interface, for interacting with other software applications). Free Law Project is a nonprofit devoted to providing the public with free access to primary legal materials on the Internet. It developed this database with support from...
How Artificial Intelligence Helps Lawyers Compete in Today’s Data-Driven World
May 17, 2016
Later in May the Stanford Center for Legal Informatics will host the “CodeX FutureLaw Conference 2016,” a fourth annual...
May 17, 2016
Later in May the Stanford Center for Legal Informatics will host the “CodeX FutureLaw Conference 2016,” a fourth annual...
Q&A with Larry Bridgesmith on Artificial Intelligence in Law
May 16, 2016
Vanderbilt Law's Bridgesmith talks with LTN on the role of AI in the modern law firm, whether machines will replace lawyers, and more Artificial intelligence (AI) is a controversial topic in any industry, and when applied to lawyers, the emerging technology leads many to wonder whether AI will augment the practice of law or replace the lawyer. In this edition of Plugged In, we sat down with Larry Bridgesmith, adjunct professor at Vanderbilt Law, to discuss the issues surrounding AI's role in law....
May 16, 2016
Vanderbilt Law's Bridgesmith talks with LTN on the role of AI in the modern law firm, whether machines will replace lawyers, and more Artificial intelligence (AI) is a controversial topic in any industry, and when applied to lawyers, the emerging technology leads many to wonder whether AI will augment the practice of law or replace the lawyer. In this edition of Plugged In, we sat down with Larry Bridgesmith, adjunct professor at Vanderbilt Law, to discuss the issues surrounding AI's role in law....
Towards A More Accurate Listing of Legal Tech Startups
May 15, 2016
A recent post of mine drew a lot of attention for stating that the number of legal startups had nearly tripled in two years. Relying on the Angel List roster of legal startups, I observed that the number had grown from 412 two years ago to 1,094 as of the date of my post, reflecting nearly threefold growth. (Just since my post, another nine companies were added to the list.) Over at Associate’s Mind, Keith Lee did what I should have done. He took a closer look at the Angel List roster. He found...
May 15, 2016
A recent post of mine drew a lot of attention for stating that the number of legal startups had nearly tripled in two years. Relying on the Angel List roster of legal startups, I observed that the number had grown from 412 two years ago to 1,094 as of the date of my post, reflecting nearly threefold growth. (Just since my post, another nine companies were added to the list.) Over at Associate’s Mind, Keith Lee did what I should have done. He took a closer look at the Angel List roster. He found...
Class Action Lawsuit Challenges PACER Fees as Excessive
May 14, 2016
A class action lawsuit filed yesterday in federal court in Washington, D.C., challenges the fees charged by PACER, the federal courts’ online court records system, as excessive. The lawsuit seeks to obtain relief on behalf of “all individuals and entities who have paid fees for the use of PACER within the past six years, excluding class counsel and agencies of the federal government.” The lawsuit, filed by the Alliance for Justice, the National Veterans Legal Services Program and the National...
May 14, 2016
A class action lawsuit filed yesterday in federal court in Washington, D.C., challenges the fees charged by PACER, the federal courts’ online court records system, as excessive. The lawsuit seeks to obtain relief on behalf of “all individuals and entities who have paid fees for the use of PACER within the past six years, excluding class counsel and agencies of the federal government.” The lawsuit, filed by the Alliance for Justice, the National Veterans Legal Services Program and the National...
Detectives, Social Media Being Used to Alert Drivers of Auto Safety Defects
May 14, 2016
The 63,000 spectators crowded in late January inside Atlanta’s Georgia Dome for a battle of college marching bands didn’t...
May 14, 2016
The 63,000 spectators crowded in late January inside Atlanta’s Georgia Dome for a battle of college marching bands didn’t...
Technology: Breaking the Law
May 14, 2016
The widening gap between legal fees and what most companies can afford to pay makes the profession ripe for ‘Uberisation’ One sector, however, has carried on as if technology had never been invented: the law. Lawyers’ working practices “have not changed much since the time of Charles Dickens”, say father-and-son team Richard and Daniel Susskind in their book, The Future of the Professions. Lawyers still provide high-cost customised advice. The highest-earning legal partners preside...
May 14, 2016
The widening gap between legal fees and what most companies can afford to pay makes the profession ripe for ‘Uberisation’ One sector, however, has carried on as if technology had never been invented: the law. Lawyers’ working practices “have not changed much since the time of Charles Dickens”, say father-and-son team Richard and Daniel Susskind in their book, The Future of the Professions. Lawyers still provide high-cost customised advice. The highest-earning legal partners preside...
Cornell’s Set to Welcome First LLM Class in Law, Technology and Entrepreneurship
May 8, 2016
The graduates are seen as having the skills and experience needed to provide immediate value to law firms and legal departments – as well as clients Cornell Law School is getting ready for its first LLM class in Law, Technology and Entrepreneurship. The program, held at Cornell’s tech campus in New York City, starts in September but is already getting attention from professionals in the field. Three law firms have already asked to see the resumes of students before they even arrive on campus,...
May 8, 2016
The graduates are seen as having the skills and experience needed to provide immediate value to law firms and legal departments – as well as clients Cornell Law School is getting ready for its first LLM class in Law, Technology and Entrepreneurship. The program, held at Cornell’s tech campus in New York City, starts in September but is already getting attention from professionals in the field. Three law firms have already asked to see the resumes of students before they even arrive on campus,...
