“Social Loafing” and the Problem It Creates for Contracting AI
In psychology, social loafing refers to “the phenomenon where individuals exert less effort in a group task than when working alone, often due to perceived reduced accountability and shared responsibility,” according to Simply Psychology. Unfortunately, social loafing doesn’t require a group. We loaf when we’re working with artificial intelligence too. Troubling News from HBS about […]
On-Demand Course Highlight: Data Terms in AI and Cloud Services Contracts
Looking for self-paced learning about information technology contracts’ ever-tricky and evolving data terms? In today’s blog, we focus on one of our data-specific on-demand courses: Data Terms in AI and Cloud Services Contracts. Few contract-drafters really understand data, particularly that you can’t own meaningful IP rights in data. So contracts often address data rights poorly, particularly […]
The Patterns of Errors From AI Contracting Systems
I continue to prepare our May 22 webinar on AI tools for contract drafting and, in the process, I’m testing those tools. I’ve seen a lot of impressive systems, and I remain optimistic about these tools. I think they’re going to make our work easier and free us to focus on the most interesting tasks. […]
Alert: Your Contract Drafting AI Could Do More Harm Than Good Because of Bad “Playbooks”
As prep for a webinar on technology for contract drafting, I’ve been testing artificial intelligence (AI) products. In the process, I’ve run into a serious problem. Many AI systems operate under contract “playbooks” riddled with errors and misunderstandings. As a result, they give bad recommendations and suggest problematic terms. In too many cases, their suggested […]
Updated On-Demand Course – AI Contracts: Drafting and Negotiating (2 hours). And, Article About ChatGPT and … Your Memories.
We are excited to announce our popular, updated course is now available on-demand – “Artificial Intelligence Contracts: Drafting and Negotiating.” This course is appropriate for contracting professionals serving AI customers, model vendors, and vendors of other software incorporating AI. Please see details about this, and other training offerings, below. And in case you missed it, […]
NEXT WEEK – Tech Contracts Academy’s LIVE webinars return
We hope you will join us NEXT WEEK on March 20, 2025 for our live webinar: Artificial Intelligence Contracts: Drafting and Negotiating. Artificial intelligence contracts raise new concerns, as well as familiar ones. They’re software agreements and so call for terms many software contract managers and lawyers know well. But certain AI systems raise unique issues, particularly generative AI […]
LIVE Tech Contracts Master Classes Return – Taught by David Tollen
We’re happy to announce that our LIVE Tech Contracts Master Class™ series for 2025 is open for registration. Join David Tollen, and learn how to negotiate information technology contracts better, faster, and with more confidence. David is known for his practical, accessible approach – and he focuses on business issues at stake in IT contracts. Keep up-to-date on […]
2025 Live Webinar Schedule and Registration Links: Tech Contracts Academy
Tech Contracts Academy’s 2025 LIVE public training schedule is here. Improve your information technology contracting expertise – join us! All courses are taught by David Tollen and include live Q&A. California CLE is available – including, for our May 22 webinar, Best AI and other Software for Contract Drafters and Negotiators, subfield credit (1 hour, […]
LIVE March 2025 webinar – AI Contracts
Registration is now available for our March 20, 2025 live webinar: Artificial Intelligence Contracts: Drafting and Negotiating. Join us! Artificial intelligence contracts raise new concerns, as well as familiar ones. They’re software agreements and so call for terms many software contract managers and lawyers know well. But certain AI systems raise unique issues, particularly generative AI and […]
Updated Course Announcement – Top 6 Mistakes
Let’s face it – Contracts about information technology are complex, and often confusing. (“SaaS?” “Cloud?” “On-Premise Software?” “Artificial Intelligence?” “Gen-AI?” “SLAs?”) And small mistakes in your contracts can be costly. We can help. We’ve recently updated our popular on-demand course, Top 6 Mistakes in SaaS, AI, and Other Cloud Agreements. This short (appx. one hour) course will help you avoid […]