ChatGPT schon wieder

Wir neigen dazu, die Wirkung einer Technologie kurzfristig zu überschätzen und auf lange Sicht zu unterschätzen. Sage nicht ich, sondern Roy Amara. Das trifft auf LegalTech zu 100 % zu. Kira wurde 2011 gegründet, es gibt noch viele andere vergleichbare Produkte, die mit  Machine Learning/Deep Learning Dokumentenanalyse betreiben. Das ist mittlerweile Commodity. DeepL Translator und Naix Redaction, die mit Natural Language Processing arbeiten. iPhone Dictation, Navigation und Bilderkennung, das passiert seit Jahren auf dem Gerät! Brustkrebserkennung. Es ist Wahnsinn, was wir alles mittlerweile mit AI machen und wie gut das bereits funktioniert. Die Brustkrebserkennung ist so weit, dass die den Krebs erkennen kann, bevor er entsteht. So perfekt sind Kira, DeepL, Naix und Apple noch nicht (looking at you, Siri), aber sie sind gut genug uns das Leben zu vereinfachen, Zeit zu sparen, und konstante Qualität zu liefern.

Generative AI im Allgemeinen und ChatGPT im Besonderen setzen dem Ganzen die Krone auf, weil die Ergebnisse formal und textuell so beindruckend sind. Vorsicht aufgrund von Datenschutz, Geschäfts- und Berufsgeheimnis beim Eingeben der Fragen sowie die notwendige Bewertung der Antworten durch Experten aufgrund von voreingenommenem (biased) oder unzureichendem Training, die zu KI-Halluzinationen führen können, sind die zu lösenden Probleme. Insbesondere für uns, die für Anwälte arbeiten.

Vor genau einem Jahr habe ich einen Vortrag gehalten mit dem Titel „Legal Tech – Euphorie, Enttäuschung und Erleuchtung“. Passt noch immer.

Why is no one talking about APIs?

AI is the future. Especially generative AI, as already discussed. APIs are present.  For the non-IT people here: API stands for „Application Programming Interface“). An API is a defined interface through which software programs can communicate and interact with each other.

APIs are so great because they provide a simple and standardised way to share data and functions between different systems. By using an API, businesses can quickly and efficiently access the functionality of other programs without having to code them from scratch. Furthermore, they improve the security and stability of the underlying systems and also facilitate the management of permissions and access control.

Stable Diffusion: a dog sculpture of orange red and yellow murano glass in front of a huge server room with loads of cables
Stable Diffusion: a dog sculpture of orange red and yellow murano glass in front of a huge server room with loads of cables

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Where have all the AI riots gone?

We are just witnessing the public launch of a revolution that will be at least as big as the widespread introduction of the steam engine, electricity, the assembly line, or the Internet. Incredibly few people realise how radical the upheavals caused by artificial intelligence will be. Especially those who should actually know. Including me.

The results of Generative AI are formally and textually impressive, but the meaningfulness and truthfulness are not always. Sometimes ludicrously wrong.

DALL-E: John Wayne dressed as a cowboy and a tiny robot in front of an ancient book shelf, digital art
DALL-E: John Wayne dressed as a cowboy and a tiny robot in front of an ancient book shelf, digital art

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Say Their Names (3)

Three years ago today, less than five kilometers air distance from here, nine fellow citizens with a migrant background were murdered in a racist and right-wing extremist act of terrorism by a German. His name is unimportant.

Their names must not be forgotten: Gökhan Gültekin, Sedat Gürbüz, Said Nesar Hashemi, Mercedes Kierpacz, Hamza Kurtovic, Vili Viorel Paun, Fatih Saraçoglu, Ferhat Unvar and Kaloyan Velkov.

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Experience is an Asset

This week was quite special. After more than 28 years, Detlef Hessler is leaving us for a well-deserved retirement. He had started at Pünder, Volhard, Weber & Axster in 1994 before the merger. He has worked for me for the last almost 20 years. Most of the time it was quite good, the rest was fantastic. He was always at the interface between IT, Finance, Controlling, and HR, as well as responsible for data exchange with the authorities. He structured, simplified, standardised, and automated like hell. He leaves behind a well-ordered house and I am glad that Paul Haas will succeed him. But I miss Detlef already.

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The Code of Conduct

Katrin and I facilitated a Code of Conduct workshop for our notorious and infamous Innovation & Best Delivery Hub team. Many thanks to our great colleagues for their friendliness, openness, commitment, and inspiring discussions. We’re a great firm with a great culture, but to always be at the forefront of ethical, responsible, and sustainable business we must all constantly campaign for the Code.

Working from Home (28)

Today is European and World Cycling Day. I’ve been taking advantage of the nice weather all week and cycle to the office every day. It’s pleasantly fresh in the morning and not too warm in the evening. What’s best is when I cycle home – upstream – that I’ve really leave the office behind. That’s the biggest challenge for me when working from home: Switching off when the working hours are over.

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PMN Innovation Day 2022

Parts of the notorious Clifford Chance Innovation & Best Delivery dream team enriched by our fantastic HR Employer Branding team at the PMN Innovation Day 2022: Nicola von Tschirnhaus, Anja Schäfers, Christiane Müller-Haye, and Dr. Sandra Thiel.


Thank you for having us, and arranging everything, incl. the phenomenal location Oosten and the wonderful weather, Claudia Schieblon.

Keep Calm and Carry On

I haven’t posted anything substantial in the last few weeks. I was speechless in the face of global challenges. Is it allowed to have fun and go out? Does one even dare to go on holiday? Does going to work still make any sense at all? Is it despicable to want normality? The climate crisis will be with us for decades to come, the pandemic may have just peaked and the Ukraine war has been raging for six weeks now.

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Innovation Campaign 2022

Changing markets and increased complexity in legal operations make it even more critical that efficiency is combined with commercial understanding, creativity, and risk management in the delivery of legal services.

Read how we work with our lawyers and our end clients to understand their legal operations challenges and design the right technology solutions.

Innovation @ Clifford Chance

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