AI is set to transform the legal profession far beyond what the internet ever did—reshaping not just access to law, but how legal thinking and work itself are performed. The article explores why this shift is deeper, riskier, and more disruptive than many expect.
In January 2024, thousands of New Hampshire voters received telephone calls in what sounded unmistakably like the voice of President Joe Biden, instructing them not to vote in the upcoming Democratic primary. The voice was not Biden's. It was an AI-generated synthetic recreation — a deepfake, commissioned by a Democratic political consultant who...
In courtrooms across the United States, a software system called COMPAS has been quietly influencing the fates of defendants for years — producing risk scores that judges cite when deciding sentences, bail, and parole. In China, the Supreme People's Court has mandated that every court in the country deploy AI tools for judicial support by the end...