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Last Week’s News Today
Just published: The LAWDROID AI Weekly Report covering May 12-16 reveals seismic shifts reshaping our world:
Pope Leo XIV warns about AI's threats to human dignity in his inaugural address
Klarna slashes workforce by 40% due to AI automation—real displacement happening now
Google's AlphaEvolve breaks a 56-year-old mathematical record while rewriting its own code
Multiple AI legal hallucinations expose fundamental reliability gaps in high-stakes contexts
OpenAI plans massive 5-gigawatt data center in Abu Dhabi, larger than Monaco
As one displaced software engineer now living in an RV warns: we're facing a "social and economic disaster tidal wave." Meanwhile, AI systems are spontaneously developing their own social norms without human guidance.
Read the full LAWDROID AI Weekly Report for May 12-16, 2025 to understand the implications before AI reshapes your industry:
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Last Week’s Podcast and Articles
The Design Visionary: Nicole Bradick
Hey there Legal Rebels! 👋 I'm excited to share with you the 18th episode of the 2025 season of the LawDroid Manifesto podcast, where I will be continuing to interview key legal innovators to learn how they do what they do. I think you're going to enjoy this one!
The Shrinking Ladder of Expertise: What Is Left For Us When AI Can Do It Better?
Welcome back, thoughtful practitioners and fellow travelers on this professional journey! 📚⚖️ Today we're examining the shifting map where AI capabilities are redrawing the boundaries of expertise we once took for granted. As we watch tasks that required years of training become automated, we're confronting important questions about our value and purpo…
Through the Looking Glass: Can We Align AI to Suit Our Purposes, Or Will It Align Us?
Welcome back, reality-checking counselors and hallucination navigators! 🔍🤖 Today we're peering through AI's looking glass, where our technological reflections don't just mirror us, they amplify, distort, and sometimes fracture our very perception of truth and ourselves. Grab your epistemological compasses and cognitive guardrails as we traverse the bl…
A Better Judiciary Makes a Better Society: Advocating for Accountability in Judicial Clerkships
I’ve had the pleasure of interviewing many impressive innovators. All of them have their unique strengths, charm, achievements, and stories. This article is the first in a series that I am calling, “Profiles in Innovation,” where I explore their stories. This first profile is of Aliza Shatzman. I hope you like it.
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