Artificial intelligence tools like Grok, developed by xAI, raise important questions about privacy and content moderation, especially for attorneys who must protect client confidentiality under rules like ABA Model Rule 1.6. Lawyers often ask whether their conversations are truly private and how the system handles sensitive or prohibited topics. The short answer? Grok takes a […]
Why “I Do Not Consent” Facebook Posts Don’t Protect Your Privacy
Why Viral Legal-Sounding Status Updates Don’t Override Facebook’s Terms and What Actually Controls Your Data You’ve probably seen it before: “I HEREBY DECLARE THAT I DO NOT GIVE FACEBOOK OR META MY PERMISSION TO USE ANY OF MY PERSONAL DATA…” But despite how it reads and how widely it spreads online, posting a declaration like […]
ChatGPT and Privacy: What Lawyers (and Everyone Else) Should Actually Understand
I am often asked some version of this question: “Is ChatGPT private?” The honest answer is it depends. It depends in ways that most people do not intuitively understand. There is privacy.There are also real limitations.And paying for a higher-tier account does not automatically mean confidentiality. This post explains what actually changes across ChatGPT account […]
Generative AI Sounds Different Now, and That Matters
If you have been using generative AI tools since 2023, you may have noticed something subtle but important. They do not just do more now. They sound better. I do not mean flashier features or bigger promises. I mean the quality of the language itself. In 2023, most AI generated writing shared a recognizable voice. […]
A Common Online Refund Scam Pattern to Watch For
Online shopping scams often do not start with anything that looks obviously wrong. In fact, the most effective ones usually begin with a transaction that appears ordinary and reasonably priced. A common pattern works like this. A buyer places an order for a product at a price that is consistent with similar listings elsewhere. Shortly […]
What Prompting Can and Cannot Do for Lawyers
Once you accept that prompting artificial intelligence is an exercise in professional judgment, the next question is straightforward: what is it actually useful for? Like every other tool lawyers have adopted over time, AI is helpful in some situations and unreliable in others. Most lawyers understand that in theory. It helps to be clear about […]
Prompting Is Professional Judgment, Not a Parlor Trick
Every time a new research or drafting tool enters the legal profession, the same pattern appears. First, people treat it like magic. Then they treat it like a threat. Eventually, we realize it’s neither. It’s just another tool that requires competence. Prompting artificial intelligence is no different. Lawyers have always been cautious about new tools. […]
How I Use ChatGPT to Create a CLE PowerPoint Deck
This post is for my friends on Facebook (yes, I am on Facebook, I’m old) who asked me how I got ChatGPT to cooperate with me when previously I had issues. To offer some background: a few days ago I started working with ChatGPT to create a PowerPoint deck on cybersecurity. I uploaded a number […]
- 1
- 2
- 3
- …
- 70
- Next Page »