Here’s the kitchen sink for March 28, 2025 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 March 28, 2025 of ten-ish stories that I didn’t get to this week, with a comment from me about each:

Could this be the reason you cancel your ChatGPT subscription?: Discussion of Manus, which is a “fully autonomous ‘general AI agent’”, which means I should add it to the list of tools that I should check out when I get a chance. I believe that list has grown to 1,457 items now. 😉

CEO of AI ad-tech firm pledging “world free of fraud” sentenced for fraud: In May 2024, the website of ad-tech firm Kubient touted that the company was “a perfect blend” of ad veterans and developers, “committed to solving the growing problem of fraud” in digital ads. After “fraudulent revenue statements” based on a scheme to “generate fake KAI reports based on made-up metrics and no underlying data at all”, the CEO was sentenced to one year and one day in prison.

You can now download the source code that sparked the AI boom: On Thursday, Google and the Computer History Museum (CHM) jointly released the source code for AlexNet, the convolutional neural network (CNN) that many credit with transforming the AI field in 2012 by proving that “deep learning” could achieve things conventional AI techniques could not. Now, you know who to blame! 😉

How Not to Negotiate an ESI Protocol? Say it is “Mandatory”; and, Demand That Discussions be Recorded: One of two ESI Protocol related case law rulings covered by Michael Berman on the EDRM blog this week. Plaintiff unilaterally demanded that the Rule 26(f) conference be recorded and tried to force a “mandatory” ESI protocol unilaterally on opposing counsel with “extensive” requirements. Earned them an order from the court to “show cause why sanctions should not be imposed”. Ouch!

Rob Lowe at Legalweek: Reinvention Is the Real Currency: I have to admit that I was pleasantly surprised by Rob Lowe’s keynote address and its relevance to the legal tech audience. If you missed it, Rob Robinson gives you the highlights here.

Canadian Salaries are Up, Talent is Scarce: Maribel Rivera gives us the highlights of the 2024 ACEDS Canadian E-Discovery Salary Report on (where else?) the ACEDS blog. Salaries on the rise gives you a reason – or perhaps another reason 😉 – to move to Canada!

OpenAI Unveils New Image Generator for ChatGPT: Exciting? Yes, until Sam Altman says “our GPUs are melting”, meaning OpenAI has rolled back usage of the feature, which (at least for me) means it currently doesn’t generate images at all. Where am I going to generate my robot images now, Craig Ball? 😉

Cyber insurance isn’t always what it seems: According to this article, many policies have gaps. Some claims get denied. Others cover less than expected. In other words, it’s pretty much like any other type of insurance. 😠

Fluid Dynamics: ALM Report Reveals Evolving Legal Landscape Amid Record Profits and Technological Disruption: I missed the discussion of ALM’s State of the Industry report at Legalweek because I was dealing with this situation. Rob Robinson to the rescue to provide highlights.

Court Holds That an ESI Protocol Must be Specific in GenAI Copyright Class Action: The second Michael Berman post on ESI Protocol disputes this week on the EDRM blog. No hijinks here, simply a dispute on how to adapt one of the court’s model protocols and the complexity of agreeing on a protocol in a complex case.

10 Things Lawyers Should Stop Doing: Good article on what lawyers – or any of us for that matter – should stop doing to be more productive. I’m guilty of at least a few of these at times. See how many you’re guilty of!

Hope you enjoyed the kitchen sink for March 28, 2025! Back next week with another edition!

So, what do you think? Which story is your favorite one? Please share any comments you might have or if you’d like to know more about a particular topic.

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