Morning At AI Summit: Tech Debt, Cultural Debt, Whack-A-Mole, And The Benefits Of “I Don’t Know“

Business leaders from Unilever, EY, and NBC Universal shared a consistent message at the AI Summit: embrace the ‘I don’t know’ and think holistically about AI transformation.

The contrast with how most law firms approach AI couldn’t be more striking. While other industries talk about reimagining entire workflows, legal still treats AI as something to bolt onto existing processes.

They also discussed the concept of  “cultural debt”:following the cow path just because it’s visible, even when it leads nowhere productive. Sound … Read the rest

The morning read for Wednesday, March 19

The morning read for Wednesday, March 19

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Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Wednesday morning read:

  • Top US Supreme Court justice rebukes Trump’s call to impeach judge (Kayla Epstein, BBC News)
  • Louisiana puts man to death in state’s first nitrogen gas execution (Sara Cline, The Associated Press)
  • Trump Fires Two Democratic FTC Commissioners (Dana Mattioli & Dave Michaels, The Wall Street Journal)
  • The Judiciary’s Role (German Lopez, The New York Times)
  • Due Process
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The morning read for Monday, March 17

The morning read for Monday, March 17

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Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Monday morning read:

  • Disabled Maple Grove teen takes school district discrimination case to U.S. Supreme Court (James Walsh, The Minnesota Star Tribune)
  • Trump administration touts deportations under Alien Enemies Act after a judge temporarily blocked its use (Megan Lebowitz, Julia Ainsley, Gary Grumbach. & Nnamdi Egwuonwu, NBC News)
  • Louisiana’s nitrogen gas execution back on for next week, federal appeals court
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The morning read for Friday, March 14

The morning read for Friday, March 14

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Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read:

  • Trump asks Supreme Court to allow him to end birthright citizenship (John Fritze, CNN)
  • Trump takes birthright citizenship to the Supreme Court (Nina Totenberg, NPR)
  • Trump asks Supreme Court to curb judges’ power to block policies nationwide (Josh Gerstein, Politico) 
  • Idaho will be only state with firing squad as main execution method, after governor signs bill (Kyle
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The morning read for Tuesday, March 11

 

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Tuesday morning read:

  • Supreme Court seems intent on taking small steps in dealing with challenges to Trump’s agenda (Mark Sherman & Lindsay Whitehurst, The Associated Press)
  • Aftershocks of Supreme Court’s Immunity Ruling Echo in New Trump Cases (Adam Liptak, The New York Times)
  • The Court Shouldn’t Bruen-ize the Free Exercise Clause (Michael McConnell, Douglas Laycock, Stephanie Barclay, & Mark
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The morning read for Friday, March 7

The morning read for Friday, March 7

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Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read:

  • Texas tells Supreme Court it shouldn’t be ‘left holding the bag’ for US nuclear waste (Maureen Groppe, USA Today)
  • Oklahoma’s ‘dirty political laundry’ on full display as U.S. Supreme Court takes interest in state (Emily Stacey & Christine Pappas, Oklahoma Voice)
  • MAGA world turns against Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett (Lawrence Hurley, NBC News)
  • What Alito’s
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The morning read for Friday, Feb. 28

The morning read for Friday, Feb. 28

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Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read:

  • Trump foreign aid freeze to stay for now, US Supreme Court chief rules (Paulin Kola, BBC News)
  • Justice Dept. hires for court battles as Trump slashes other agencies (Perry Stein, The Washington Post)
  • Chief Justice Roberts’s Administrative Stay in the Foreign Aid Funding Cases (Steve Vladeck, One First)
  • Supreme Court Comes Running to Trump’s Rescue on Foreign
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The morning read for Wednesday, Feb. 19

The morning read for Wednesday, Feb. 19

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Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Wednesday morning read:

  • Trump’s lawyers ask Supreme Court to fast-track approval of agency officials’ firings (David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times)
  • The Supreme Court gave Trump immunity. He’s using it as a blank check. (Joan Biskupic, CNN)
  • The Supreme Court has helped presidential power expand. Trump may test its limits. (Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor) 
  • President Trump’s Executive Order
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