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OpenAI’s Dots work while you’re away. Here’s the first assignment I’d give one, written so you can copy it.
My Dot, Ollie, waiting for his next task!
 • Stephen Smith
New Setup Guides for Claude Team and ChatGPT Business
Anthropic changed its admin console so much that a good chunk of its own help articles are out of date. So I went through the live screens one setting…
 • Stephen Smith
Claude Opus 5.5 Is the Best Model (For Now!) I’ve Ever Used
I put three versions of the same deck in front of a friend on my trip. I didn't have to point out the gap.
 • Stephen Smith
Your Firm Already Pays for Claude's Best Feature. Almost Nobody Uses It.
I asked Claude to build a settlement schedule and a case timeline as tools a client can use. Here are four I built in one conversation each, and the…
 • Stephen Smith
Claude Stopped Asking Which Mode You Want. Your AI Policy Just Expired.
On September 16 Anthropic merged Claude chat and Cowork and launched Claude Docs and Slides in beta. Here's what changed, what it costs, and the one…
 • Stephen Smith
Four AI Rivals Agreed to Slow Down in One Day. Ask What Each One Gets
One of them is heading for the largest IPO in history. After July's attack, the company that got hit ran its forensics on a Chinese open model because…
 • Stephen Smith
Stop Piloting Astra With Your Associates. Start at the Paralegal's Desk
Legora's Astra agent improved one reconciliation workflow by nearly 40%. Across its broader legal benchmark, the average gain was about 3%. That spread…
 • Stephen Smith
Most of What We Called Intelligence Was Labor
A $15,000 robot never has to be better than the person it replaces. It only has to cost less than $50,000 a year, and the arithmetic turns inside the…
 • Stephen Smith
Fable 5.1 Permission Arrived. Readiness Didn't.
A lawyer read the terms in June and walked away. The clause she found is on its way out. What's left is the question no clause can answer for you: is…
 • Stephen Smith
In a Shared ChatGPT Project, Everyone Can Read Everyone's Chats. In Claude, Nobody Does.
Claude's answer to teamwork ships in Slack. The ABA's numbers say your firm runs Teams. That narrows the choice more than the privacy settings do.
 • Stephen Smith
The Folder Picker Says Yes. That's the Trap.
Point Cowork at a network drive or a synced folder and every file has to cross the network to reach you. Here's what that costs, and the checkout…
 • Stephen Smith
Google wrote the best argument in enterprise AI this year. Then its own product failed it.
No SLA, no IP indemnity, no PHI, and a $25,000 liability cap. That's what preview means, and the flagship Pro model has been sitting in it since…
 • Stephen Smith
The permission asked who owns the Mac. It should have asked who owns the messages.
You're the minority author in your own text archive. Every consent you clicked was given on behalf of people nobody asked.
 • Stephen Smith
OpenAI Pays 20 Percent to Watch Its Own AI. Nobody Will Tell You What Your Firm Pays.
The agent costs about what lunch costs. The paralegal watching it costs half a week, every week, forever.
 • Stephen Smith
Intelligence by Intent
Intelligence by Intent
AI for lawyers who bill by the hour and wonder how much longer that lasts
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