{"id":97238,"date":"2025-10-30T10:45:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T14:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=97238"},"modified":"2025-10-30T10:45:40","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T14:45:40","slug":"the-new-legal-intelligence-furlong-numerous-other-legaltech-related-items","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2025\/10\/30\/the-new-legal-intelligence-furlong-numerous-other-legaltech-related-items\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The new legal intelligence&#8221; [Furlong] + numerous other legaltech-related items"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jordanfurlong.substack.com\/p\/the-new-legal-intelligence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The new legal intelligence<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from jordanfurlong.substack.com by Jordan Furlong<br \/>\n<em>We\u2019ve built machines that can reason like lawyers. Artificial legal intelligence is becoming scalable, portable and accessible in ways lawyers are not. We need to think hard about the implications.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Much of the legal tech world is still talking about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lawnext.com\/2025\/10\/to-a-sometimes-shell-shocked-cliocon-audience-jack-newton-presented-clios-vision-for-a-new-era-of-ai-driven-legal-work.html\" rel=\"\">Clio CEO Jack Newton\u2019s keynote at last week\u2019s ClioCon<\/a>, where\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.clio.com\/blog\/cliocon-2025-highlights\/\" rel=\"\">he announced two major new features<\/a>: the \u201cIntelligent Legal Work Platform,\u201d which combines legal research, drafting and workflow into a single legal workspace; and \u201cClio for Enterprise,\u201d a suite of legal work offerings aimed at BigLaw.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Both these features build on Clio\u2019s out-of-nowhere\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.clio.com\/about\/press\/clio-signs-definitive-agreement-to-acquire-vlex\/\" rel=\"\">$1B acquisition of vLex<\/a> (and its legally grounded LLM Vincent) back in June.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>A new source of\u00a0<em>legal intelligence<\/em>\u00a0has entered the legal sector.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\nLegal intelligence, once confined uniquely to lawyers, is now available from machines. That\u2019s going to transform the legal sector.<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadianlawyermag.com\/resources\/legal-technology\/where-the-real-action-is-enterprise-ais-quiet-revolution-in-legal-tech-and-beyond\/393263\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Where the real action is: enterprise AI&#8217;s quiet revolution in legal tech and beyond<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from canadianlawyermag.com by Tim Wilbur<br \/>\n<em>Harvey, Clio, and Cohere signal that organizational solutions will lead the next wave of change<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The public conversation about artificial intelligence is dominated by the spectacular and the controversial:\u00a0deepfake videos,\u00a0AI-induced psychosis, and the\u00a0privacy risks\u00a0posed by consumer-facing chatbots like ChatGPT. But while these stories grab headlines, a quieter \u2013 and arguably more transformative \u2013 revolution is underway in enterprise software. In legal technology, in particular, AI is rapidly reshaping how law firms and legal departments operate and compete. <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>This shift is just one example of how enterprise AI, not just consumer AI, is where real action is happening.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Both Harvey and Clio illustrate a crucial point: the future of legal tech is not about disruption for its own sake, but partnership and integration. Harvey\u2019s collaborations with LexisNexis and others are about creating a cohesive experience for law firms, not rendering them obsolete. As Pereira put it, \u201cWe don\u2019t see it so much as disruption. Law firms actually already do this\u2026 We see it as \u2018how do we help you build infrastructure that supercharges this?\u2019\u201d<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\nThe rapid evolution in legal tech is just one example of a broader trend: the real action in AI is happening in enterprise software, not just in consumer-facing products. While ChatGPT and Google\u2019s Gemini dominate the headlines, companies like Cohere are quietly transforming how organizations across industries leverage AI.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>Also from canadianlawyermag.com, see:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadianlawyermag.com\/news\/features\/harveys-5-billion-bet-why-the-hottest-company-in-legal-tech-is-eyeing-canada\/393255\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Harvey&#8217;s $5 billion bet: Why the hottest company in legal tech is eyeing Canada<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Co-founder Gabe Pereyra says their new Toronto office will have both tech expertise and customer support<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The AI company&#8217;s plan to open an office in Toronto isn\u2019t just about expanding territory \u2013 it\u2019s a strategic push to tap into top technical talent and capture a market known for legal innovation.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/brave.com\/blog\/unseeable-prompt-injections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Unseeable prompt injections in screenshots: more vulnerabilities in Comet and other AI browsers<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from brave.com by Artem Chaikin and Shivan Kaul Sahib<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Building on our previous disclosure of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/brave.com\/blog\/comet-prompt-injection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Perplexity Comet vulnerability<\/a>, we\u2019ve continued our security research across the agentic browser landscape. <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>What we\u2019ve found confirms our initial concerns: indirect prompt injection is not an isolated issue, but a systemic challenge facing the entire category of AI-powered browsers.<\/strong><\/span> This post examines additional attack vectors we\u2019ve identified and tested across different implementations.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">As we\u2019ve written before, AI-powered browsers that can take actions on your behalf are powerful yet extremely risky. If you\u2019re signed into sensitive accounts like your bank or your email provider in your browser, simply<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.malwarebytes.com\/blog\/news\/2025\/08\/ai-browsers-could-leave-users-penniless-a-prompt-injection-warning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">summarizing a Reddit post<\/a><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">could result in an attacker being able to steal money or your private data.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">The above item was mentioned by Grant Harvey out at <\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">The Neuron <\/span><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">in the following posting:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theneurondaily.com\/p\/ai-browser-risks-and-the-ai-trust-tax-you-re-already-paying\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>AI browser risks and the \u201cAI trust tax\u201d you\u2019re already paying<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0&#8212; from theneurondaily.com by Grant Harvey<br \/>\n<em>PLUS: OpenAI\u2019s new music maker + China\u2019s 90% power?cut AI server.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lawfuel.com\/robin-ais-big-bet-on-legal-tech-meets-market-reality\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Robin AI\u2019s Big Bet on Legal Tech Meets Market Reality<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from lawfuel.com<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Robin\u2019s Legal Tech Backfire<\/strong><br \/>\nRobin AI, the poster child for the \u201cAI meets law\u201d revolution, is learning the hard way that venture capital fairy dust doesn\u2019t guarantee happily-ever-after. The London-based legal tech firm, once proudly waving its genAI-plus-human-experts flag, is now cutting staff after growth dreams collided with the brick wall of economic reality.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The company confirmed that redundancies are under way following a failed major funding push. Earlier promises of explosive revenue have fizzled. Despite around $50 million in venture cash over the past two years, Robin\u2019s 2025 numbers have fallen short of investor expectations. The team that once ballooned to 200 is now shrinking.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>The field is now swarming with contenders: CLM platforms stuffing genAI into every feature, corporate legal teams bypassing vendors entirely by prodding ChatGPT directly, and new entrants like Harvey and Legora guzzling capital to bulldoze into the market. Even Workday is muscling in.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Meanwhile, ALSPs and AI-powered pseudo-law firms like Crosby and Eudia are eating market share like it\u2019s free pizza. The number of inhouse teams actually buying these tools at scale is still frustratingly small. And investors don\u2019t have much patience for slow burns anymore.<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thebrainyacts.beehiiv.com\/p\/269-why-being-rude-to-ai-could-win-your-next-case-or-deal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Why Being &#8216;Rude&#8217; to AI Could Win Your Next Case or Deal<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from thebrainyacts.beehiiv.com by Josh Kubicki<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">TL;DR:\u00a0AI no longer rewards politeness\u2014new research shows direct, assertive prompts yield better, more detailed responses. Learn why this shift matters for legal precision, test real-world examples (polite vs. blunt), and set up custom instructions in OpenAI (plus tips for other models) to make your AI a concise analytical tool, not a chatty one. Actionable steps inside to upgrade your workflow immediately.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Embedded post\" src=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/embed\/feed\/update\/urn:li:share:7388255734196662272\" width=\"504\" height=\"843\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new legal intelligence &#8212; from jordanfurlong.substack.com by Jordan Furlong We\u2019ve built machines that can reason like lawyers. Artificial legal intelligence is becoming scalable, portable and accessible in ways lawyers are not. We need to think hard about the implications. 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