159 | 🔎 🚫 Killing “Just Google It”

In today’s Brainyacts:

1. Killing “Just Google It”

2. Roasting a Bold Lawyer

3. OpenAI is a friend not a foe to publishers and more AI model news

4. ChatGPT in new cars and other related content

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Lead Memo

🔎 🚫 Killing “Just Google It”

The Rise of AI Browsers

In today’s world, where AI is king, our good old internet browsers are facing a real challenge. It’s not just a simple update we’re talking about here; it’s a whole new game. Think of AI-powered browsers as the new kids on the block, shaking up the way we’ve always searched the web.

Let’s face it, traditional search engines like Google were sort of like librarians of the internet. They helped us find stuff, but there was a catch. They were also kind of selling our attention to advertisers. So, while we thought we were getting personalized service, it was more about showing us ads than really helping us out.

The AI Revolution in Browsers 

Now, AI browsers are stepping up, and they’re changing the rules.

• Google’s Bard: Friend or Foe? Google's Bard is this new tool that’s supposed to make searching smarter. But we have to ask ourselves: Is it really about giving us better answers, or is there more to it?

• Microsoft's Copilot in Edge: A New Way to Browse? Microsoft has put Copilot into its Edge browser, promising us a way to have a chat with our searches. It sounds cool, but is it really a game-changer, or just a way to keep us hooked on Microsoft stuff?

• The Copilot Keyboard Button: Handy or Sneaky? This new button on Microsoft keyboards for Copilot seems convenient. But it also makes you wonder if we’re getting too tied to just one company’s way of doing things.

It’s not just the big names in the game. New companies like Perplexity are coming in, trying to give us a fresh take on searching the web. This could be our ticket to breaking free from the usual giants.

The Charm of AI Browsers AI browsers promise us an easy, chat-like search experience. But there’s a big question hanging in the air: Are we heading towards a smarter way of finding information, or just getting stuck in our own little bubbles even more?

The Challenges Ahead Sure, AI browsers sound great, but they’ve got their own set of problems. We’ve got to think about privacy, whether we can trust the answers they give us, and if they’re just going to make our echo chambers even “echo-ier.”

At a Turning Point So, as we might be saying goodbye to the days of “Just Google It,” we’re at a crossroads. Are AI browsers going to be our guides to a better, smarter web, or are we walking into a world where our searches are just echoes of what we want to hear? The decisions we make now will shape how we surf the web in the future.

Oh, and most search browsers have been free (in terms of no subscriptions). We are seeing that some of the AI browsers tools will offer fee-based access. Might this thwart privacy concerns or only add a new revenue column to balance sheets? We shall see.

Spotlight

 🥩 🔥 Roast this Bold Lawyer

It takes courage to put yourself out into the public these days. So when a lawyer makes a concerted effort to build and launch their own content channel/biz, I must celebrate them.

Here is Kevin Colangelo. A vanguard in the modern legal education arena. From being a key driver of the original IFLP, now LawHub, Modern Law Practice Certificate to being a senior leader at the Law School Admission Council. He recently left to found Helio Learning & Development

Why Roast Kevin?

First, what is a roast? Usually, it means teasing someone in a good-natured way. But in business, it means giving critical unvarnished feedback to help them improve and grow! That is what I invite you to do here.

Great, So Why Roast Kevin?

Learning and development in legal are broken. You know this. I know this. I have been in this arena for years now and have worked tirelessly to improve it. Kevin is working on it too. We all have something to gain to bring legal learning and development into the modern era.

What Are You Roasting?

His newsletter and YouTube channel.

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AI Model Notables

► ‘Impossible’ to create AI tools like ChatGPT without copyrighted material, OpenAI says

► OpenAI’s official statement on the NYTimes litigation

► New Version of Siri with Generative AI Again Rumored for WWDC

► AI robot learns to make coffee just by watching humans

News You Can Use:

➭ VW vehicles to converse with drivers via ChatGPT by mid-year

➭ AI Assistants, in-car gaming, and tons of range: Coming To Your Next Mercedes-Benz

➭ Fox Corp., one of the largest media companies in the U.S., has publicly debuted a new blockchain platform called Verify to help media companies track how their content is being used online by AI models

➭ Pennsylvania in pilot with OpenAI Enterprise

➭ Federal lobbying on artificial intelligence grows as legislative efforts stall

➭ Google wrote a ‘Robot Constitution’ to make sure its new AI droids won’t kill us

➭ Maryland governor signs executive order guiding AI use

➭ Judges in England and Wales are given cautious approval to use AI in writing legal opinions

➭ OpenAI Jobs: Account Director, ChatGPT Enterprise $290k

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.