Here’s the kitchen sink for November 15, 2024 of ten stories that I didn’t get to this week – with another brand-new meme from Gates Dogfish!

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Here is the kitchen sink for November 15, 2024 of ten stories that I didn’t get to this week, with a comment from me about each:

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Claude AI can now analyze PDFs – here’s how to try it (and why you’ll want to): I was going to say “so what, ChatGPT has been able to do that for months”. But ChatGPT’s capability isn’t that great. So maybe Claude AI does it better? We’ll see.

When You Should (and Shouldn’t) Have an AI Leader in the C-suite: Do you really need a Chief AI Officer? The answer, of course, “it depends”. This article does a good job of discussing the considerations associated with AI roles within your organization.

Designing Generative AI for Legal Professionals: Key Principles and Best Practices: Another terrific article by Ralph Losey on the EDRM blog – this one going in-depth into six design principles, with terrific AI-generated images created by Ralph (as always).

Uncovering Repetition: How Syntactic Templates Reveal Patterns in AI-Generated Text: Do you know what syntactic templates are? Neither did I until I read Rob Robinson’s coverage of a research paper on them. It will help you better understand LLMs and how they’re trained.

Microsoft November 2024 Patch Tuesday fixes 4 zero-days, 89 flaws: Keeping up with software patches is one of the most important ways to protect your organization against cyberattacks and zero-day vulnerabilities are among the most significant threats. If this applies to your organization and you haven’t already applied this patch, what are you waiting for? 🤔

Amazon ready to use its own AI chips, reduce its dependence on Nvidia: Naw, that’ll never happen! Just ask FedEx or any other company when Amazon replaced their services with their own capabilities. 😏

Does Every “Hit” on a “Hit Report” Have to be Produced?: The simple answer to the question posed by Michael Berman on the EDRM blog is “no”. He covers a case that illustrates this, which reminds me of a case I covered and recalled here, where the use of “app” with a wildcard opened up the possibility of 306 words in the English language being responsive to the search term. Search terms are imprecise – parties should never be required to produce the hits from those searches if they’re not responsive.

Negotiating the Scope of E-Discovery: Proportionality and Pre-Trial Preparation in Complex Litigation: Ari Kaplan “reKaps” – see what I did there? – an ACEDS webinar about proportionality with Jeff Jacobson of Faegre Drinker, Amy Sellars of Gunster, Al Lindsay of Hogan Lovells and George Socha of Reveal. Some great points!

Are A.I. Clones the Future of Dating? I Tried Them for Myself.: A New York Times reporter tested a handful of chatbots to see if they could help improve his dating life. Oy. Though I have to admit it’s somewhat entertaining. 😉

The Illusion of Knowing Enough: How Assumptions about Information Adequacy Shape Decision-Making: Damn, Rob Robinson is really making me think this week! As long as he keeps coming up with articles like this which teach us something new, none of us will have any illusion of information adequacy! 🤣

Hope you enjoyed the kitchen sink for November 15, 2024! Back next week with another edition!

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