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Brazil Hires OpenAI To Cut Costs of Court Battles: Brazil's government is partnering with OpenAI to use AI for expediting the screening and analysis of thousands of lawsuits to reduce costly court losses impacting the federal budget. Reuters reports: The AI service will flag to government the need to act on lawsuits before final decisions, mapping trends and potential action areas for the solicitor general's office (AGU). AGU told Reuters that Microsoft would provide the artificial intelligence services from ChatGPT creator OpenAI through its Azure cloud-computing platform. It did not say how much Brazil will pay for the services. AGU said the AI project would not replace the work of its members and employees. "It will help them gain efficiency and accuracy, with all activities fully supervised by humans," it said. Court-ordered debt payments have consumed a growing share of Brazil's federal budget. The government estimated it would spend 70.7 billion reais ($13.2 billion) next year on judicial decisions where it can no longer appeal. The figure does not include small-value claims, which historically amount to around 30 billion reais annually. The combined amount of over 100 billion reais represents a sharp increase from 37.3 billion reais in 2015. It is equivalent to about 1% of gross domestic product, or 15% more than the government expects to spend on unemployment insurance and wage bonuses to low-income workers next year. AGU did not provide a reason for Brazil's rising court costs. Read more of this story at Slashdot.

Reuters reports that Brail is "hiring" OpenAI to help cut costs of the legal system using generative AI - it will "will flag to government the need to act on lawsuits before final decisions, mapping trends and potential action areas for the solicitor general's office (AGU)" https://lnkd.in/eeVkFmiZ. #brazil #openai #generativeai #lawsuits #legalsystem #artificialintelligence #reuters

Brazil Hires OpenAI To Cut Costs of Court Battles: Brazil's government is partnering with OpenAI to use AI for expediting the screening and analysis of thousands of lawsuits to reduce costly court losses impacting the federal budget. Reuters reports: The AI service will flag to government the need to act on lawsuits before final decisions, mapping trends and potential action areas for the solicitor general's office (AGU). AGU told Reuters that Microsoft would provide the artificial intelligence services from ChatGPT creator OpenAI through its Azure cloud-computing platform. It did not say how much Brazil will pay for the services. AGU said the AI project would not replace the work of its members and employees. "It will help them gain efficiency and accuracy, with all activities fully supervised by humans," it said. Court-ordered debt payments have consumed a growing share of Brazil's federal budget. The government estimated it would spend 70.7 billion reais ($13.2 billion) next year on judicial decisions where it can no longer appeal. The figure does not include small-value claims, which historically amount to around 30 billion reais annually. The combined amount of over 100 billion reais represents a sharp increase from 37.3 billion reais in 2015. It is equivalent to about 1% of gross domestic product, or 15% more than the government expects to spend on unemployment insurance and wage bonuses to low-income workers next year. AGU did not provide a reason for Brazil's rising court costs. Read more of this story at Slashdot.

Brazil Hires OpenAI To Cut Costs of Court Battles: Brazil's government is partnering with OpenAI to use AI for expediting the screening and analysis of thousands of lawsuits to reduce costly court losses impacting the federal budget. Reuters reports: The AI service will flag to government the need to act on lawsuits before final decisions, mapping trends and potential action areas for the solicitor general's office (AGU). AGU told Reuters that Microsoft would provide the artificial intelligence services from ChatGPT creator OpenAI through its Azure cloud-computing platform. It did not say how much Brazil will pay for the services. AGU said the AI project would not replace the work of its members and employees. "It will help them gain efficiency and accuracy, with all activities fully supervised by humans," it said. Court-ordered debt payments have consumed a growing share of Brazil's federal budget. The government estimated it would spend 70.7 billion reais ($13.2 billion) next year on judicial decisions where it can no longer appeal. The figure does not include small-value claims, which historically amount to around 30 billion reais annually. The combined amount of over 100 billion reais represents a sharp increase from 37.3 billion reais in 2015. It is equivalent to about 1% of gross domestic product, or 15% more than the government expects to spend on unemployment insurance and wage bonuses to low-income workers next year. AGU did not provide a reason for Brazil's rising court costs. Read more of this story at Slashdot.

Brazil enlists OpenAI to reduce legal expenses in court. #technology 🤝 Download 1 Million Logo Prompt Generator 🔜 https://wapia.in/1mlogo 🤝 Follow us on Whatsapp 🔜 https://wapia.in/wabeta _ ❇️ Summary: Brazil has hired OpenAI to help prosecutors handle cases more efficiently and save money. OpenAI's technology will be used to analyze lawsuits, identify trends, and advise on which cases to pursue. Microsoft will provide access to OpenAI's models via Azure. Brazil is forecasted to spend $18.7 billion on legal cases this year, double the costs from ten years ago. Allowing AI to assist could save time and money, although the exact models and costs are unknown. The use of AI in the legal system is not new in Brazil, with previous legislation written by AI. Hashtags: #chatGPT BrazilOpenAI CourtCostsSlash

I am excited about the potential of AI to enhance efficiency, but I have serious concerns about Brazil's decision to hire OpenAI to analyse lawsuits and cut costs in the legal system. The speed at which AI is being adopted in sensitive domains like the judiciary is outpacing the development of robust governance frameworks and ethical guidelines. While AI could help flag cases requiring action, there are risks of encoded biases leading to unfair outcomes, especially without strong human oversight and accountability measures in place. The right to due process and fair legal representation could be compromised if AI systems make errors or exhibit discrimination against certain groups. Brazil's solicitor general claims the AI will not replace human employees, but we have seen AI tools like ChatGPT produce biased and factually incorrect outputs when not properly constrained. Deploying such systems in high-stakes legal proceedings without a comprehensive ethics framework is deeply concerning. Rather than rushing to cut costs, Brazil should prioritize developing rigorous standards and regulations around AI use in the judicial system. Transparency, explainability, and human oversight must be non-negotiable to uphold the principles of justice and protect civil liberties. The consequences of getting this wrong are too severe. #AIRegulation #AIGovernance #AIEthics #ResponsibleAI #AIRisks #BrazilAI #AILegislation #AICompliance #AITransparency #AIAccountability #TechPolicy #EmergingTech #LegalTech #RegulatoryAffairs #TechLaw #ITnews

Please excuse the political nature of this post: I asked a couple of AI chat bots the following: "based on the available datasets of each's accomplishments (or lack thereof), who should America elect for president?" Gemini (Google) refused to answer. "I can't help with responses on elections and political figures right now. I'm trained to be as accurate as possible but I can make mistakes sometimes. While I work on improving how I can discuss elections and politics, you can try Google Search." Open AI gave me the following conclusion: "Based on their policy records alone, Trump has demonstrated more significant successes as a chief executive, though with notable failures, especially in handling crises. Harris’s record, especially as border czar, reflects a lack of success in her most high-profile assignment." To see the full report, read the PDF.

✨ Wanted to share a fun side project - "Google Or Not?" - born from frustration with ChatGPT's Chrome extension. Sending ALL searches to AI isn't optimal, yet... While AI assistants shine at explanations and problem-solving, Google still excels at navigational queries, local searches, and real-time info. "Google Or Not?" intelligently routes your queries to the perfect destination - Google or your preferred AI assistant (Claude/ChatGPT/Perplexity). 🔍 Perfect for Google: - "polo hoodies black friday" - "best buy mountain view" - "AA 635 flight status" 🤖 Better with AI: - "how many cups of coffee per day is actually healthy?" - "explain pros and cons of market weighted vs equal weighted s&p 500" - "what are the best costa rican beaches for families with young kids without big waves" It's 100% local (privacy first! 🔒) and open source. 🎉 If you're interested in trying it out, I'd love your feedback! Many thanks to Jason Blythe and Denise Ho for thoughtful discussions on query understanding and how to build products that elegantly blend traditional search with AI-first experiences. #ChromeExtension #AI #Google #OpenSource

Do you know how SearchGPT is going to surpass Google? Simple answer: A keyboard button. There's a new button coming to ALL Windows computers in 2025. This is what it looks like. It lets you directly invoke Windows Copilot. Remember, Microsoft and OpenAI have a multi-billion dollar interest in each other. Copilot and Bing Search run on GPT. Enter SearchGPT. It's OpenAI's new fancy search engine that uses ChatGPT + the web to really supercharge searches. It's launching soon. Now, imagine if SearchGPT is a button touch away on every computer on the planet. Why would you ever go to Google to ask something after that? Instead, you bring up your AI assistant, type what you need, and it'll find the information wherever it is. Internet, training data, it doesn't matter. What matters is it's way faster than Google, and it doesn't break your workflow. As we introduce personal LLMs and Microsoft Recall gets released - this button will present personal search results. If this becomes the default way to search, Google is in trouble. Now yes, that is a big "IF" - human behavior is hard to change. This won't happen overnight, but I do think it will happen. But this is OpenAI's path to dethroning Google and the trillion dollar opportunity in search.

Here is a #lightbulb moment: I’ve seen some videos by “experts” claiming that a #chatGPT query consumes 10X more energy than a #Google search. Or as much as a light bulb being lit for 10 min. With OpenAI’s announcement of GPTsearch yesterday to compete with Perplexity and Google’s #Gemini, I think it’s worth examining whether this is true. A typical incandescent light bulb: ~60 watts (0.06 kW) Energy (kWh) = Power (kW) × Time (hours) For 10 minutes (which is 1/6 of an hour): 0.06 kW x 1/6 hrs = 0.01 kWh A typical LED light bulb: ~10 watts (0.01 kW) LED: 0.01 kW X 1/6 hrs = 0.00167 kWh ➡️ A typical chatGPT query consumes 0.0004kw, which is less than a light bulb burning for 10 min. But when you compare it to Google search, the claim of a chatGPT query taking 10 times more energy is more of an outlier. I suppose it is plausible when you consider extreme cases of higher estimates of GpT queries and lower estimates of Google search. As the graph below shows, the more typical and realistic cases show that a ChatGPT query consumes about 4x more energy than a Google search. That is not to say that #AI models are not a huge energy hog given the nature and quantum of queries, that is already becoming an environmental nightmare. #GenAI models consume more energy due to the intensive computations required by their large neural network models during inference driving higher cooling requirements in the data centers. In contrast, #Google #Search is more energy-efficient, leveraging decades of optimization, pre-built indexing, and highly efficient algorithms to quickly retrieve and rank search results. #searchwars #sustainability #energy