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Law Firms Risking Obsolescence, Report Says
February 11, 2016
As the legal industry faces sluggish demand for services, weakened pricing power and falling productivity, a new report is warning that the country’s law firms are failing to make “bold, proactive changes.” The report, compiled annually by the Center for the Study of the Legal Profession at the Georgetown University Law Center, said that firms needed to overcome resistance to change and even shake up the partnership structure if they are to thrive. Comparing the situation to the Eastman...
February 11, 2016
As the legal industry faces sluggish demand for services, weakened pricing power and falling productivity, a new report is warning that the country’s law firms are failing to make “bold, proactive changes.” The report, compiled annually by the Center for the Study of the Legal Profession at the Georgetown University Law Center, said that firms needed to overcome resistance to change and even shake up the partnership structure if they are to thrive. Comparing the situation to the Eastman...
Google Computers Defeat Human Players at 2,500-Year-Old Board Game
February 7, 2016
Computers have learned to master backgammon, chess, and Atari's Breakout, but one game has always eluded them. It's a Chinese...
February 7, 2016
Computers have learned to master backgammon, chess, and Atari's Breakout, but one game has always eluded them. It's a Chinese...
Here’s What Lyft’s Driverless Future Might Look Like
February 7, 2016
It’s the year 2030. You step outside your home onto a street unmarked by traffic lights, street signs, sidewalks, or boundaries between space for pedestrians and space for vehicles. You live in Tahoe; you have a meeting in San Francisco. It’s a long drive — more than three hours — and at this point, your driver’s license has been rendered useless. While you haven’t yet taken the plunge and bought your own driverless car, you do have some options: You can hail a driverless Uber — perhaps...
February 7, 2016
It’s the year 2030. You step outside your home onto a street unmarked by traffic lights, street signs, sidewalks, or boundaries between space for pedestrians and space for vehicles. You live in Tahoe; you have a meeting in San Francisco. It’s a long drive — more than three hours — and at this point, your driver’s license has been rendered useless. While you haven’t yet taken the plunge and bought your own driverless car, you do have some options: You can hail a driverless Uber — perhaps...
Google DeepMind: Ground-Breaking AlphaGo Masters the Game of Go
February 7, 2016
In a paper published in Nature on 28th January 2016, we describe a new approach to computer Go. This is the first time ever that a computer program “AlphaGo” has defeated a human professional player.
February 7, 2016
In a paper published in Nature on 28th January 2016, we describe a new approach to computer Go. This is the first time ever that a computer program “AlphaGo” has defeated a human professional player.
How an AI Algorithm Learned to Write Political Speeches
February 6, 2016
Political speeches are often written for politicians by trusted aides and confidantes. Could an AI algorithm do as well? When it comes to political speeches, great ones are few and far between. But ordinary political speeches, those given in U.S. congressional floor debates, for example, are numerous. They are also remarkably similar. These speeches tend to follow a standard format, repeat similar arguments, and even use the same phrases to indicate a particular political affiliation or opinion....
February 6, 2016
Political speeches are often written for politicians by trusted aides and confidantes. Could an AI algorithm do as well? When it comes to political speeches, great ones are few and far between. But ordinary political speeches, those given in U.S. congressional floor debates, for example, are numerous. They are also remarkably similar. These speeches tend to follow a standard format, repeat similar arguments, and even use the same phrases to indicate a particular political affiliation or opinion....
Update on Harvard-Ravel Digitization Project: Calif. Cases Now Live
February 6, 2016
Last October, I wrote here about the joint initiative between Harvard Law School and Ravel Law to digitize and make available...
February 6, 2016
Last October, I wrote here about the joint initiative between Harvard Law School and Ravel Law to digitize and make available...
Free for All: NYPL Enhances Public Domain Collections For Sharing and Reuse
January 31, 2016
Today we are proud to announce that out-of-copyright materials in NYPL Digital Collections are now available as high-resolution downloads. No permission required, no hoops to jump through: just go forth and reuse! The release of more than 180,000 digitized items represents both a simplification and an enhancement of digital access to a trove of unique and rare materials: a removal of administration fees and processes from public domain content, and also improvements to interfaces — popular and technical...
January 31, 2016
Today we are proud to announce that out-of-copyright materials in NYPL Digital Collections are now available as high-resolution downloads. No permission required, no hoops to jump through: just go forth and reuse! The release of more than 180,000 digitized items represents both a simplification and an enhancement of digital access to a trove of unique and rare materials: a removal of administration fees and processes from public domain content, and also improvements to interfaces — popular and technical...
Google Files Patent for Drone ‘Delivery Receptacle’
January 31, 2016
Google's secretive drone delivery project could include a component designed to store packages securely. A patent filed Tuesday in the United States by the company, a unit of Alphabet Inc, describes a "delivery receptacle" designed to take packages from an "aerial delivery device" for deposit to a secure location. The receptacle would use infrared beacons to connect with drones in the air and then guide them for delivery. The delivery receptacle would then take the package to a safe location...
January 31, 2016
Google's secretive drone delivery project could include a component designed to store packages securely. A patent filed Tuesday in the United States by the company, a unit of Alphabet Inc, describes a "delivery receptacle" designed to take packages from an "aerial delivery device" for deposit to a secure location. The receptacle would use infrared beacons to connect with drones in the air and then guide them for delivery. The delivery receptacle would then take the package to a safe location...
Tinderization of Feeling
January 31, 2016
Tinder’s binary mechanisms can be a template for a whole way of life in which everything is an option and processing beats...
January 31, 2016
Tinder’s binary mechanisms can be a template for a whole way of life in which everything is an option and processing beats...
Thomson Reuters Offers Glimpse of New AI Product Using IBM’s Watson
January 30, 2016
At what was billed as an Innovation Summit in its Times Square headquarters yesterday, Thomson Reuters Legal briefed journalists,...
January 30, 2016
At what was billed as an Innovation Summit in its Times Square headquarters yesterday, Thomson Reuters Legal briefed journalists,...
