135 | 🤷‍♀️ 💡Carol had a plan

In today’s Brainyacts:

1. It’s not all about AI all the time.

2. If you only use the free OpenAI, you are missing out

3. 95 countries get Anthropic’s Claude and more AI model news

4. Freakin’ robots and other related news

5. Carol had a plan

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Lead Memo

♟️🧠 Strategy of elite firm does not involve AI

I spent the last two days gearing up the management committee to begin a strategy design journey. I will be will them for over a year operating as an embedded fractional advisor and facilitator - which means I help them think of the right questions and roll up my sleeves to help them get answers. We covered a lot of ground during these pre-kick-off days as we looked to establish a common understanding, shared language, and our micro-culture within this small group of leaders.

And we did not talk AI at all. Only one person uttered it. Not me. 😉

I share this only to say that sometimes, there is core blocking and tackling to do as well as serious business model design that leads to elite performance.

Will we get to AI? Likely, at some point.

But elite legal firms understand that success isn’t built solely on the back of technology. It’s constructed on a bedrock of shared understanding, clear communication, and intrinsic business value. Before jumping onto the AI bandwagon, these firms are ensuring that their foundational strategies are robust and resilient.

As should anyone.

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Spotlight

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If you are only using the free version of OpenAI, you are missing out and likely misjudging what Generative AI can do.

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AI Model Notables

► Microsoft wants to pay you to find bugs in its AI-powered Bing

► OpenAI has quietly changed its ‘core values’ to target AGI (AGI is like autonomous AI . . ya’ know, like Terminator (just kidding))

► OpenAI lifts the hood on its tech and business model

► Starting today, 95 countries have access to Anthropic’s Claude

► Even Google Insiders Are Questioning Bard AI Chatbot’s Usefulness

News You Can Use:

➭ The AI robots are definitely here and advancing. And they have a Master Plan.

➭ How roboticists are thinking about generative AI.

➭ China, US race to unleash killer AI robot soldiers as military power hangs in balance.

➭ Ukrainian AI attack drones may be killing without human oversight.

➭ Online AI image-detecting tools are labeling real photographs from the war in Israel and Palestine as fake, creating what a world-leading expert called a “second level of disinformation.”

➭ AI voice replicas are getting out of hand — that's why lawmakers are pushing the 'No Fakes' Act.

➭ Florida bar weighs whether lawyers using AI need client consent.

➭ Canada Government considering copyright law changes for AI-generated work.

➭ The UK AI Safety Summit.

➭ NYC mayor uses AI to pass himself off to New Yorkers as multilingual.

➭ Turbulence-free flights are coming, thanks to AI 👇

Who is the author, Josh Kubicki?

Some of you know me. Others do not. Here is a short intro. I am a lawyer, entrepreneur, and teacher. I have transformed legal practices and built multi-million dollar businesses. Not a theorist, I am an applied researcher and former Chief Strategy Officer, recognized by Fast Company and Bloomberg Law for my unique work. Through this newsletter, I offer you pragmatic insights into leveraging AI to inform and improve your daily life in legal services.