RAVN Systems, experts in Artificial Intelligence and Search, are pleased to announce the release of their latest white paper on "The Power of Understanding Artificial Intelligence in the Legal World. As we head towards The Age of Artificial Intelligence what does this mean for the legal market? RAVN's suite of Artificial Intelligence solutions are leading the charge in legal innovation along with a handful of other providers. Truly understanding what each of these legal technologies can do can be somewhat daunting for lawyers and law firms. RAVN's white paper helps demystify AI and uncovers various use cases of RAVN's AI technology.

New robot-style tech is designed to "think like a lawyer" Uber-traditional magic circle outfit Slaughter and May has become the latest firm to put pen to paper on a deal that will see it use artificial intelligence (AI). The system (or cool robot as Legal Cheek likes to think of it) is called Luminance, and has been created by a team of lawyers and mathematicians. Thanks to financial backing from Invoke Capital -- a technology investment fund -- and research and development courtesy of the University of Cambridge, Luminance will, according to its creators, "transform the legal due diligence process." Luminance, which appears to be some sort of super legal mind, will be able to read (and understand) hundreds of pages of complex legal documentation every minute. According to Luminance's CEO, Emily Foges, the AI system will be "trained to think like a lawyer."

Georgia's voter-registration process violates the Voting Rights Act and has prevented tens of thousands of residents, mostly minorities, from registering to vote, according to a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday. Under a policy implemented in 2010, people aren't added to the voter rolls if identifying information on their applications doesn't exactly match information in databases maintained by the Georgia Department of Driver Services or the Social Security Administration, the lawsuit says. "What Georgia is doing is denying people the ability to make it onto the registration rolls at the outset, which is what's so problematic about this matching program," said Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. The organization said it filed the lawsuit Wednesday in Gainesville, in north Georgia, along with other legal organizations on behalf of a coalition of civil rights groups. It's no secret that partisan state legislators, once in power, frequently try to alter voting laws to give their party an advantage.

A father was shot and killed late Tuesday after he opened the front door of his Woodland Hills home expecting a pizza delivery, officials said. The 37-year-old man was at home in the 4900 block of Medina Drive with his wife and young daughter at 11:50 p.m. when he answered the front door. A Los Angeles police detective told KTLA-TV they think the man opened the door because he had ordered a pizza. Instead, he was met by unidentified assailants. That's when police said he was shot and killed outside his home.

WASHINGTON U.S. soldier Chelsea Manning, serving a 35-year prison term for passing classified files to WikiLeaks, ended her hunger strike on Tuesday after the Army said she would be allowed to receive gender transition surgery, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) said.

Experts discuss the costs and benefits created by developments brought on by Artificial Intelligence. In recent years, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has established itself at the forefront of technological innovation. That is precisely why AI is the focus of the Hot Topic at the 4th Heidelberg Laureate Forum (HLF), 'AI: From Lofty Dream to Technology Driver', this September 20 at the New University in Heidelberg. The session is comprised of a panel discussion with leading researchers debating the current scientific trends in AI and its applications. That is followed by a broader discussion that dives into how the developments in AI affect our lives and society.

Slaughter and May has signed a deal to use a new artificial intelligence (AI) system called Luminance which it helped create with backing from a technology investment company set up by Autonomy co-founder Mike Lynch. The firm worked closely with Luminance Technologies, which has been funded with capital from Invoke Capital, for several months to test and pilot the software Luminance claims will transform the due diligence process on M&A deals. The elite magic circle firm is the only law firm to have piloted Luminance prior to its launch, though several others are also interested in piloting the technology. Its expertise on deals and due diligence was used to help improve the technology. Slaughters has signed a contract to use the technology going forward, though the details around this are not yet clear.

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today Seal Software unveiled a new version of its leading contract discovery and analytics solution: Version 5.0. The new version introduces "Analyze This Now" (ATN), an add-in for Microsoft Word that allows business users to leverage Seal's powerful contract data extraction and review capabilities from within the familiar MS Word interface in order to shorten contact cycle times, reduce risk and lower processing costs. The release also extends Seal's machine learning framework and interface so Seal's technology can be used by business users to train the system for complex data extractions, improving extraction speed, accuracy and shortening time-to-value. "Seal Version 5.0 was developed with business users in mind, allowing them to easily harness the power of Seal without extensive education or resources. We want those closest to the business objectives in procurement, legal, M&A, and sales to use our system without extensive training and data management skills," said Ulf Zetterberg, co-founder and CEO of Seal Software.

A woman is suing a sex toy firm after discovering that the company was keeping tabs on its customer's intimate data. The sex toy and its corresponding smartphone app enables users to customise setting to suit their preference. The class action civil suit was filed against the maker of the We-Vibe smart dildo, Standard Innovation. There were concerns about the We-Vibe 4 Plus, a vibrator that connects to a smartphone app that, its makers say, 'allows couples to keep their flame ignited - together or apart' The We-Vibe user, who filed the suit in Illinois, later realised that the app was relaying data back to the company, according to a report in Vocativ. These included when she used the toy and which vibration settings she used, along with her email address.

The relentless increase in computing power and the accumulation of big data over the years has sparked intense interest in machine learning and its associated techniques. Advanced analytics offer insight to businesses, but machine learning and deep learning algorithms take it deeper, revealing insights that were previously out of reach. For example, machine learning use can include facial recognition in security systems, speech recognition in customer service applications, accurate product recommendations in e-commerce, self-driving cars and medical diagnostics. "SAS Data Mining and Machine Learning is built on the company's solid expertise and reputation of delivering scalable and adaptable analytics that solve real business problems and yield measurable business value," said Jonathan Wexler, SAS Analytics Product Manager. "This software helps provide positive outcomes to increase profitability, better understand customer behavior and decrease the cost of doing business." SAS Viya SAS Visual Data Mining and Machine Learning is one of the initial analytics applications on the SAS Viya platform. SAS Viya is an innovative analytics environment designed for use in the cloud that provides the power of SAS Analytics through SAS interfaces as well as open APIs for Python, Lua, Java and REST. The new analytics offerings for SAS Viya are structured for a diverse range of users, while maintaining consistency and manageability. In addition to SAS Visual Data Mining and Machine Learning for data scientists, the Viya family will include SAS Visual Analytics for business analysts and SAS Visual Statistics, aimed at experienced statistical users. The breadth of SAS Viya applications will satisfy the appetites of all user types, while maintaining a consistent structure. The speed of the multithreaded parallel processing engine in SAS Viya will drive faster decisions. And the strength of analytics from the advanced analytics leader will produce trusted results. To better understand the need, applications and benefits of machine learning, please visit Machine Learning: what it is and why it matters. Today's announcement was made at the Analytics Experience conference in Las Vegas, a business technology conference presented by SAS that brings together more than 10,000 attendees on-site and online to share ideas on critical business issues. About SAS SAS is the leader in analytics. Through innovative analytics, business intelligence and data management software and services, SAS helps customers at more than 80,000 sites make better decisions faster. Since 1976, SAS has been giving customers around the world THE POWER TO KNOW . SAS and all other SAS Institute Inc. product or service names are registered trademarks or trademarks of SAS Institute Inc. in the USA and other countries. Other brand and product names are trademarks of their respective companies.