Toby Brown

Comments on legal marketing, technology, alternative fees and other trends

[GREG ISENBERG @gregisenberg]

AI just helped someone sue their landlord without a lawyer.

$20 of ChatGPT vs $500/hr attorney fees.

This is happening all the time now.

The legal (and accounting) industry isn't ready for what's coming.

[ronfriedmann @ronfriedmann]

Law Firms’ AI Nightmare Is Fewer Billed Hours and Lower Profits
@RoyWStrom https://t.co/oCUgtUPIZh
Discusses #LLM study by @gnawledge + Adam Smith, Esq on impact of GenAI on #BigLaw biz + profit, citing @wilsonsonsini as example of doing GenAI right.

[Daniel Ek @eldsjal]

Podcasters - what if I told you could offer your pod to any listener around the world, in their own local language but still keep it in your own voice? That’s the pilot we’re launching @Spotify!

It’s called Voice Translation and using AI, translates podcasts episodes into alternate languages, all in the podcaster’s voice. It’s pretty insane. Take a look and let me know what you think!

https://t.co/wwUYsd3Mgo

[Toby Brown @gnawledge]

Great recognition of the value of the SALI standards

[ronfriedmann @ronfriedmann]

Wanted: a data standard to underpin lawyers’ use of generative AI
@FT https://t.co/eaRKgraPdM
Financial Times covers @SALIalliance legal standards, quotes @damienriehl
A good and balanced write-up of the benefits, and challenges, of standards adoption in legal

[Min Choi @minchoi]

Microsoft just dropped VASA-1.

This AI can make single image sing and talk from audio reference expressively. Similar to EMO from Alibaba

10 wild examples:

1. Mona Lisa rapping Paparazzi

[Toby Brown @gnawledge]

Agree with Ron. This is quite interesting.

[ronfriedmann @ronfriedmann]

Google Ventures Backs AI-Powered Legal Services Startup Lawhive
@samskolnik https://t.co/gy4bEDcwHP
UK-based startup offers
1. lawyer <> prospective client matching
2. bot that offers legal dept's paralegal services

Does this signal anything about Google and the legal market?

[Toby Brown @gnawledge]

I agree with Jae Um on this. Being called a ‘non-lawyer’ is a compliment.

[ronfriedmann @ronfriedmann]

Petitioners Seek to Remove 'Non-Lawyer' From ABA Vocabulary. Lively Discussion Ensues
ALM https://t.co/zA1zTOuc6r
Ratcheting up the battle against the legal caste system
Petition started by @OlgaVMack + @damienriehl

[LexFusion @LexFusion]

GenAI represents a legitimate advancement. Ignoring GenAI would be foolish. Failure to start down the GenAI path is a terrible plan. But #GenAI is a path, not a teleportation device. There is a staggering amount of work to be done to realize GenAI’s potential.

[Toby Brown @gnawledge]

This one’s been around for quite awhile https://t.co/4sxeFWBuki

[ronfriedmann @ronfriedmann]

Interesting development in legal #LLM
Anyone aware of other legal large language models?

[ronfriedmann @ronfriedmann]

Interesting development in legal #LLM
Anyone aware of other legal large language models?

[Dave Kline @dklineii]

8 simple ways to hire great talent:

(1) Pay above market
(2) Have a worthy mission
(3) Vividly visualize each role
(4) Make recruiting everyone’s job
(5) Fill your company with character
(6) Stop requiring specific degrees
(7) Bet on next-step people
(8) Default to respect

[Toby Brown @gnawledge]

Law firms had their chance …

[ronfriedmann @ronfriedmann]

Launching Today: Traact Is An All-in-One, ‘Tech First’ Platform for Managing Corporate Legal Functions
@bobambrogi https://t.co/yLHTpccsGr
Fragmentation of solution is a big #LegalTech problem

[Damien Riehl @damienriehl]

The #SALI train speeds forward: @zuva_AI and @LiteraMicro announce their donation of Doc Types + Clause Types — which @SALIalliance is normalizing w/other sources — for #legal #standard classifications.

Kudos to @nwaisb for leading interoperability!
https://t.co/HRHasJTqeg

[Toby Brown @gnawledge]

Spot on.

[Toby Brown @gnawledge]

@ronfriedmann Agreed. Legal Depts don’t have budget.

[Toby Brown @gnawledge]

@ronfriedmann @ReutersLegal Having work in that space for well over a decade, I strongly concur with this report. All good ideas are suppressed, typically by older lawyers. Sad but true.

[ronfriedmann @ronfriedmann]

.@SALIalliance Defines + Translates 12k Legal Data Tags in 11 Languages, Paves Way for Accelerated Global Adoption
Pr Rel https://t.co/0uMsNVkS9i
Thanks @mjbommar @273Ventures for adding definitions + translations using #LLM

[Toby Brown @gnawledge]

@sglassmeyer A quick glance shows this report to be “Let’s cling to the past - firmly.”

[ronfriedmann @ronfriedmann]

AI-Pocalypse: The Shocking Impact on Law Firm Profitability
Ryan McClead, @glambert, @gnawlege #3Geeks https://t.co/x5GaEwcUMR
Analyzes how Generative AI, #LLM, could affect #BigLaw profitability with some reasonable assumptions. Could be a big-ish hit.