AI Daily Briefing
- OpenAI’s Platform Shift Signals New AI Era for Law: OpenAI just dropped a bombshell: their models are no longer the product, they’re the foundation. This seismic shift arrives as Berkeley Law grapples with AI’s role in shaping future legal minds.
- Your Boss’s Spyware is Feeding Meta and Google Data: Ever wonder where your employer’s surveillance software sends your data? Turns out, it’s not just to your boss’s inbox. It’s a direct pipeline to Meta and Google.
- Enhanced Games: 2026’s Doping Olympics Spark Debate: Forget the Olympics. The Enhanced Games have landed, and they’re openly celebrating performance-enhancing drugs. It’s a seismic shift, challenging the decades-old fight against doping and forcing us to ask: where is human potential truly capped?
- Harvey’s LAB Benchmark Rewrites Legal AI Expectations: Harvey, a legal AI giant, just dropped LAB — a benchmark designed to mirror the messy reality of lawyering. It’s a significant departure from the bite-sized tests that have defined legal AI evaluation.
- General Counsel Pay Soars: A Legal AI Boom?: General Counsel compensation is climbing, and the numbers are genuinely eye-popping. Is this a sign of the booming legal tech landscape, or something else entirely?
- Trade Secret Recovery [Versata v. Ford] Redefined: Forget thinking a trade secret plaintiff’s willingness to license limits their recovery options. The Federal Circuit just blew that door wide open.
- USPTO IPR Rates Plummet 43% in 2026: The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has wielded a mighty pruning shear, slashing inter partes review institution rates by a staggering 43%. This isn’t just a statistical blip; it’s a seismic shift.
- UC Berkeley’s AI Policy: A Crackdown or a Catalyst?: Universities are grappling with AI. UC Berkeley just dropped its new policy, and it’s making waves. Is this the future of legal education, or just another headline?
