Law Student’s Gen AI Product, Lexplug, Makes Briefing Cases A Breeze

• Bradley Neal, a law student at George Washington University, developed Lexplug, a generative AI tool for aiding law students in understanding and briefing cases, inspired by his need to quickly understand a case during class.

• Lexplug is a library of case briefs created using GPT-4, currently containing 7,000 briefs with a goal of reaching 50,000. Neal selected cases based on various law school syllabi and fine-tuned the AI to produce accurate, reliable briefs.

• The platform features Gunnerbot, allowing students to engage in conversational queries about cases, providing answers based solely on the case text to minimize errors.

• An "Explain Like I’m 5" Mode is included to simplify legal jargon into more accessible language, equating to the understanding level of a first-year college student or high school senior.

• An upcoming feature will enable users to generate briefs for unbriefed cases, expanding Lexplug’s database and functionality, initially covering U.S. state and federal cases.

• Lexplug, priced at $9 per month after a seven-day trial, competes with Quimbee's larger case brief database. Neal, with a background in software engineering, has previously developed a Supreme Court oral argument podcast and other tech projects during his law school tenure.

AI PCs will make up nearly 60% of total PC shipments by 2027

• AI PCs, equipped for running generative AI tasks, are predicted to constitute nearly 60% of total PC shipments by 2027, reaching around 150 million units.

• Traditional CPUs and GPUs are less efficient for AI tasks, leading to a shift towards Neural Processing Units (NPUs) designed specifically for AI workloads.

• IDC categorizes AI PCs into three types based on NPU performance: Hardware-enabled AI PCs, Next-generation AI PCs, and Advanced AI PCs, with performance ranging from under 40 TOPS to over 60 TOPS.

• The market is expected to initially be dominated by hardware-enabled AI PCs, but next-gen AI PCs will eventually take precedence.

• Commercial clients will be major consumers of these PCs, but there will also be significant offerings for individual consumers, including AI-enhanced gaming and digital content creation tools.

• The increased adoption of AI PCs signifies a major shift in computing, focusing on efficiency and dedicated AI performance capabilities.

Exclusive: Nvidia pursues $30 billion custom chip opportunity with new unit

• Nvidia is creating a new business unit to design custom AI chips for cloud computing and other sectors, targeting a significant share of a rapidly growing custom AI chip market.

• The company aims to diversify and protect its market share amid increasing competition and the development of internal chips by major tech companies.

• Nvidia's H100 and A100 chips are currently general-purpose AI processors used by major clients like OpenAI and Google, but the move to custom chips is driven by the need for more energy-efficient and cost-effective solutions.

• This new venture includes discussions with companies like Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft for designing custom chips tailored to their specific needs.

• The custom chip market, including data centers, is expected to grow significantly, posing a potential challenge to current market leaders like Broadcom and Marvell.

• Beyond data centers, Nvidia's custom chip ambitions extend to telecom, automotive, and video gaming sectors, with potential growth in these markets as well.

MARC HOAG LAW.

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