College faculty voice concerns over using AI-detection software to uncover cheating

April 13, 2023

INSIDE HIGHER ED — When Turnitin was launched in 1998, the early ed-tech start-up promised a solution to one of the most pressing threats to academic integrity in the nascent internet era: easy plagiarism from online sources. Twenty-five years later, the question on every classroom instructor’s lips has shifted from “how do I know if my student is copying…

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Study finds artificial intelligence platform ChatGPT can pass bar exam

March 21, 2023

REUTERS — Artificial intelligence can now outperform most law school graduates on the bar exam, the grueling two-day test aspiring attorneys must pass to practice law in the United States, according to a new study released Wednesday. GPT-4, the upgraded AI model released this week by Microsoft-backed OpenAI, scored 297 on the bar exam in an experiment conducted…

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Why law students shouldn’t rely on ChatGPT to write assignments

March 21, 2023

THE NATIONAL JURIST — As a law student, you have a big challenge ahead of you when it comes to writing. You need to learn how to write clearly, concisely, and persuasively if you want to be successful in your legal career. Although it might seem like ChatGPT (or other chatbots) can do the work…

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University of Houston Law Center Peter Salib discusses how ChatGPT will change education

March 14, 2023

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — The use of artificial intelligence platforms such as ChatGPT will have widespread implications on education and in professional settings, according to University of Houston Law Center Assistant Professor Peter Salib. While ChatGPT has the potential for abuse and inaccuracies, Salib added that when used properly, it can benefit students…

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How colleges are responding to the use of ChatGPT by students

March 13, 2023

THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — It’s hard to believe that ChatGPT appeared on the scene just three months ago, promising to transform how we write. The chatbot, easy to use and trained on vast amounts of digital text, is now pervasive. Higher education, rarely quick about anything, is still trying to comprehend the scope…

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Bloomberg Law highlights law schools’ efforts to create tech savvy graduates

February 27, 2023

BLOOMBERG LAW — Technology has become an integral part of society, and law schools are realizing that if they want to produce practice-ready attorneys and legal professionals in the 21st century, they must incorporate technology into their learning environment. Through tech-focused certificate programs, technology labs, tournaments, and interdisciplinary instruction and collaboration, some law schools today…

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Opinion: Lawyers should embrace artificial intelligence

February 27, 2023

ABA JOURNAL — Artificial intelligence has the potential to change the world in which we work and live. If you’ve been paying attention, you know that AI-related transformation is already happening, and the legal industry is not immune. As I’ve discussed in past columns, there are already many AI-powered technologies available to legal professionals that streamline workflowsand automate tedious…

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How AI programs could shape the future of the legal profession

February 22, 2023

LIVE LAW — “AI is a game-changer in the legal field and has the potential to revolutionise the way lawyers work,” said Supreme Court judge Hima Kohli on Saturday.

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Opinion: AI can’t replace good lawyers

February 22, 2023

BLOOMBERG LAW — Law professors Deborah Jones Merritt and Mary Lu Bilek assess the implications of ChatGPT’s ability to (almost) pass the bar exam, and what that says about the test as a marker of the ability to effectively practice law. 

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Researchers look at AI program ChatGPT’s ability to pass law school exams

January 31, 2023

REUTERS — ChatGPT cannot yet outscore most law students on exams, new research suggests, but it can eke out a passing grade. A quartet of law professors at the University of Minnesota used the popular artificial intelligence chatbot to generate answers to exams in four courses last semester, then graded them blindly alongside actual students’…

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