Law firms and many other businesses are using Artificial Intelligence to complete mundane narrow tasks. By using this technology to complete these necessary but often time consuming tasks, law firms and businesses are able to run more efficiently. This article discusses implementing AI to help with due diligence.
This is an interesting article written by Forbes about how businesses are presently using artificial intelligence. Many times, there is an intersection between how law firms use technology and how other business use technology. Attorneys can gain an edge by staying apprised of how leading businesses use technology, and business owners can gain an edge by staying apprised of how cutting edge law firms use technology.
Many experts predict that Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain will drastically impact how lawyers practice law and operate their law firms. In late October of 2017, MIT held its first legal forum on AI and Blockchain. This article discusses the fundamentals of how experts at that forum believe AI and Blockchain will impact the legal profession.
Artificial Intelligence is mysterious. Even leading researchers in the field are often mystified by this world changing technology. Oftentimes, these researchers are unable to explain what the machines know and how the machines figured those things out. This article discusses the problem of not knowing how AI knows what it knows.
The Neural Information Processing Systems conference is a machine learning and computational neuroscience conference held every December. This year the NIPS conference will include "NIPS Competitions" related to data-driven challenges to different aspects of Neural Information Processing Systems. The top ranking competitors will win cash prizes.
One interesting competition, from a lawyer's standpoint, is Human-Computer Question Answering Competition. Progress in this area of artificial intelligence and machine learning has the potential to lead to breakthrough legal tech.