As Cimplifi discusses in this post, “stepping up to the plate” through best practices for AI means understanding the “nuts and bolts” of AI.

In their first post in a new series titled (wait for it!) Stepping Up to the Plate: Understanding the “Nuts and Bolts” of AI (available here), Cimplifi discusses the differentiation between AI overall and generative AI, and some of the current considerations impacting legal professionals in today’s landscape.

Did you know that the term “artificial intelligence” was first formally coined in 1956 – 70 years ago! – during the Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence. Various forms and implementations of AI have literally been around for decades. Generative AI is a specific subset of AI that creates new content such as text, images, audio, code, summaries, or analyses based on patterns learned from large datasets. The modern GenAI era accelerated after the introduction of the “transformer” architecture in 2017 through the landmark paper Attention Is All You Need by researchers at Google.

The distinction is important because traditional AI tools may operate within more predictable and rule-based parameters, whereas generative AI systems are probabilistic and capable of producing inaccurate or fabricated information that appears credible.

So, what are several considerations for legal professionals in the ethical use of generative AI in today’s landscape? Find out here, it’s only one click! Clicking means you’re “stepping up to the plate”! 😉

So, what do you think? Is your organization applying best practices for AI ethics and defensibility in legal practice? Please share any comments you might have or if you’d like to know more about a particular topic.

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