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Big Technology Podcast · 2025-12-10 · 55 min · 8,372 words

AI Is Upending Law. Is That A Sign For The Rest Of Us? — With Melia Russell

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AI in law has come a long way since a lawyer was caught using fake Chat GPT-generated cases and was sanctioned. The technology is upending the field and it may be a sign of what's to come for the rest of us. That's coming up right after this. Welcome to Big Technology Podcast, a show for cool-headed and nuanced conversation of the tech world and beyond. Today we are going to talk about a fascinating story about how AI is upending the legal field.

A hidden story, one that I've been hearing about privately, but I'm excited to speak with you about publicly, and we have the perfect guest to do it with us. Today, Malia Russell is here. She's a senior correspondent at Business Insider and she covers how AI is changing the legal field. Malia, welcome.

Thanks for having me, Alex. So let me take you back to June 2023. There's a Reuters headline. It says New York lawyer sanctioned for using Chat GPT cases. in a legal brief.

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