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Karpathy Just Picked Anthropic. That's the Whole Story.
He could have gone anywhere in AI. He didn't. Here's what that one decision tells you about the bets your firm is making right now.
21 hrs ago
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Stephen Smith
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Google Just Skipped the Chatbot Era. Your 2026 AI Plan Is Already Outdated.
The model isn’t the product anymore. The agent is. And Google now owns more of the surfaces it runs on than anyone else.
May 19
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Stephen Smith
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Humans Were the Horses. Ken Griffin Isn't Hedging.
The work you thought was safe isn't. The kids you thought would be fine aren't. And the moats you thought protected you just got filled in.
May 17
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Stephen Smith
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I Asked Who Was Setting Up Claude. That Pause Was The Whole Post.
Eight attorneys, one Claude subscription, and one partner who once set up the office printer.
May 15
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Stephen Smith
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Your Firm Never Paid to Train Anyone. AI Just Made That a Problem.
A senior partner showed me the best first-year memo he'd seen in ten years. Then he said something that should worry every firm.
May 12
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Stephen Smith
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Your Firm Isn't Doing AI. It's Using a Search Bar.
There are five modes of AI work. Your associates probably only use two. The other three are where the actual money is.
May 10
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Stephen Smith
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Three Years Ago, This Was a Punchline. Now It's a Suspension.
If Sullivan & Cromwell can't catch AI hallucinations in a Chapter 15 filing, your firm needs a verification system that assumes you can't either.
May 8
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Stephen Smith
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You Picked the Premium AI. The App Switched It Back.
It happened to four of my clients in two weeks. The picker quietly flipped, and nobody noticed.
May 7
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Stephen Smith
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Your Assistant Has 18 Months. Your Paralegals Have 24.
Most firms are planning training, hiring, and pricing as if every role is on the same curve. They're not. Here's what that mistake costs.
May 4
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Stephen Smith
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Your AI Vendor Premium Is the Cheapest Insurance Your Firm Will Buy This Year
A managing partner sent me a panicked YouTube link this week. Here's what I told him, and what I'm telling the next dozen firms that ask.
May 2
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Stephen Smith
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I Train Lawyers on Gemini Every Week. Here's My I/O Wishlist for Google.
Two million tokens that actually recall. A Mac app that can actually do things. A voice mode that knows me. The list isn't long. The patience is.
Apr 29
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Stephen Smith
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Your 800-Document Review Can Now Run While You Eat Lunch
Two AI agents can now do the grind work your associates used to lose nights to. Whether your firm should let them is the harder question.
Apr 28
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Stephen Smith
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I Tried to Build One PowerPoint Template in Claude. It Failed Three Times.
Three failed attempts in Claude. One pass in Codex. Here's what that taught me about every AI decision I've made since.
Apr 28
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Stephen Smith
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Two AIs. One Credit Agreement. Both Caught the Default You'd Miss.
A senior associate would burn three days on this. Both models finished in twenty minutes. One built a better model, the other wrote a better memo, and…
Apr 25
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Stephen Smith
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