It has been a rare month on the earth of tech and in case you are a authorized tech vendor who is just not asserting a GPT integration, whether or not GPT is related or not, what the hell are you doing?
March noticed Microsoft unveil Copilot, which mixes the facility of AI fashions together with OpenAI’s massive language mannequin GPT-4 with enterprise knowledge and Microsoft 365 apps equivalent to Phrase, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Groups. Customers will even have the ability to floor and analyse data from throughout their calendar, emails, conferences, and contacts, utilizing pure language instructions. Whereas Microsoft has had a transparent technique round generative AI for years, and that is an evolution of the numerous advances launched thus far, the pace at which it has labored is sort of one thing, and the authorized tech sector is speaking about little else.
There are a few observations I’d prefer to make right here. One is that I’ve included on this publication a lot of the GPT integrations introduced within the final few minutes, however I’d urge distributors and patrons to contemplate whether or not GPT is important. The top of know-how at a world agency identified to me not too long ago that should you don’t want to make use of GPT, then it’s an costly possibility and never nice for the planet. If there’s a completely good resolution accessible, try this.
Secondly, the tailspin that the authorized sector is in suggests a component of technique by press launch. It has been clear since 2021 that generative AI was a subject that legislation corporations had to concentrate to. The tempo of change makes it troublesome for anybody to remain on prime of developments, however legislation corporations want programmes round constant studying, not mad panics round Microsoft bulletins.
Within the curiosity of transparency, I’ve been pretty remiss in not together with particulars of the launch of Google’s chatbot Bard this month, however suffice to say it hasn’t taken the business by storm. On the time of going to press, Google was in full denial that it has educated Bard on ChatGPT knowledge. We are going to convey you extra content material on Bard on the web site within the coming weeks.
Should you missed the very current information that world tech leaders have demanded a pause within the growth of AI past GPT-4, you possibly can compensate for it on this publication, in addition to particulars of the UK authorities’s plans for AI regulation. Have I mentioned the phrase AI sufficient but?
You probably have but to learn my ‘reducing via the noise’ interview with AI professional and legislation professor Daniel Katz, who teaches a wide range of programs at Illinois Tech Chicago Kent School, and is director of The Regulation Lab at Illinois Tech, you’ll discover that article on this publication too. Dan explains why GPT/different massive language fashions are the actual deal; what has modified to allow AI to lastly be actually viable in authorized tech options; and what you possibly can anticipate to see coming down the monitor.
Within the meantime, we convey you a ton of different non-AI authorized tech wins, offers, and bulletins this month. Take pleasure in!
Caroline Hill