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Linked – ILTA 2024 Survey suggests chasm between small and large law firms’ Gen AI plans & use
This tidbit wasn’t surprising to me: While ILTA is at pains to emphasise that Gen AI accounts for only one tenth of its annual survey findings, one of the more interesting details highlighted ahead of its release is that asked: ‘What are your firm’s plans for Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365’, just over a third of…
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Linked – Looks like genAI may kill the IT help desk and other IT jobs!
On a deeper level, though, I remember that before I got into eDiscovery and legal tech, I worked in tech support. Many of the smartest people in legal and cybersecurity started at a helpdesk. It’s the starting point for many long and successful IT careers. So, what will the next generation of tech workers be missing if that role goes away?
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Linked – Employee Wellbeing Hinges on Management, Not Work Mode
I’ve been saying this for a long time. If your remote, hybrid, or in-office situation isn’t working, it’s likely because your manager is the problem. Managers haven’t been taught how to lead with well-being in mind, so they fall back on old habits. Those habits can eliminate the well-being benefits of remote work, for example,…
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Linked – Is AI the new bloatware?
Whether you consider it bloatware or not may depend on your plan to use AI on a mobile device, but one thing is for sure about all hardware and many services that are adding AI features: They’re getting more expensive.
Adding the power to run AI tools locally costs money. If all Pixel phones are going to do all the AI work on photos and all the iPhones are going to process ChatGPT interactions locally, that’s going to require more expensive hardware.
If all Windows PCs will come with Recall, the same thing applies. The chips that can handle these transactions are in high demand and are not cheap.
