Here’s the kitchen sink for October 24, 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 October 24, 2025 of ten stories that I didn’t get to this week, with a comment from me about each:

We’re up to 471 AI hallucination cases and counting! As I discussed in this post, here’s what’s causing all these AI hallucinations and how to fix it, IMHO.

Also, the 2H 2025 eDiscovery Business Confidence Survey, conducted by ComplexDiscovery and Rob Robinson is still going on! Please consider participating here!

You’re reading more AI-generated content than you think: If you think half the stuff you read online is AI-generated, you’re understating it. According to SEO firm Graphite, 55% of the written content on the internet is produced by AI. However, the proportion of AI-generated articles has remained “relatively stable,” according to Graphite. Good news? I guess. 🤔

Teachers get an F on AI-generated lesson plans: According to a recent study by ArsTechnica, AI-generated lesson plans fall short on inspiring students and promoting critical thinking. A Gallup survey from September 2025 found that 60 percent of K-12 teachers are already using AI in their work, with the most common reported use being teaching preparation and lesson planning. That’s still lower than the percentage of students who use it, I’m guessing.

Govern, Don’t Guess: How AI Transforms Legal Data Decisions: Maribel Rivera recaps this session from Relativity Fest on the ACEDS blog which included Mike Quartararo of ACEDS, Kyra Saley of Relativity, Aaron Crews of Holland & Knight, and Jim Sullivan of eDiscovery AI. Good writeup of a terrific session.

No More Excuses: The Legal Profession’s Tech-Education Mandate in the Age of AI: Terrific discussion of the current and continuing technology competence crisis by Judge Ralph Artigliere (ret.) on the EDRM blog. As Judge Artlgiere notes: “No combination of ethical rules, local court procedures, judicial preferences, law firm policies, or even sanctions has stemmed the tide in courtrooms or judicial chambers. The technology knowledge gap is now a justice gap.” But he adds: “Fortunately, the path forward is not hypothetical. Professor William F. (Bill) Hamilton, Master Legal Skills Professor at the University of Florida Levin College of Law, has spent two decades proving that mastery of technology and ethics can coexist and that real progress is possible when education is treated as a public service, not a product.” He then proceeds to discuss why the “Hamilton model” works so well. Great stuff!

Amazon’s DNS problem knocked out half the web, likely costing billions: You probably know that already. But here’s another reason why some slept uneasy when this happened – their smart beds got stuck, with at least one stuck on a temperature of 110 degrees! Ouch! 🥵

YouTube’s likeness detection has arrived to help stop AI doppelgängers: In ‘yo face! By that I mean that the solution is “in ‘yo face”. 😉 People who want to use it must verify their identity, which requires a photo of a government ID and a video of their face.

In an Asset Sale, Don’t Sell the Server That Holds Privileged Communications: Judge Andrew Peck (ret.) liked this terrific case law discussion by Michael Berman on the EDRM blog so much, he suggested we cover it for our November webinar. So, look for us to discuss it then and for my coverage of it sometime in the next couple of weeks. Thanks (as always) Mike!

Turns Out ChatGPT Isn’t Bad at Picking Powerball Numbers: One woman won $100,000 after ChatGPT picked her numbers. Of course, the logical among us recognize this as “completely luck of the draw”, which is why I won’t tell anybody that I plan to try this next time I buy a lottery ticket. 🤣

This may be the most bonkers tech job listing I’ve ever seen: This job listing wants you to know that you will work weekends and evenings, that “it’s ok to send messages at 3am”, and you need enough energy to “run through walls to get things done” and respond to requests “in minutes (or seconds) instead of hours”. Oh and no remote work. Sounds like Elon is hiring again! 🤣

Gartner predicts the technologies set to transform 2026: Gartner identifies ten technologies, then proceeds to discuss how all of them will be prominent by 2028 to 2030. Wait, I thought we were talking about next year? 🤔

Beyond the Hype: Major Study Reveals AI Assistants Have Issues in Nearly Half of Responses: An appropriate bookend to the first story in the list above. Rob Robinson covers a study that says that 81% of all responses from AI contained at least some form of issue, from minor inaccuracies to fabricated facts that could materially mislead users. Ruh-roh!

Hope you enjoyed the kitchen sink for October 24, 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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