Alistair Vigier

2 weeks ago | vantechjournal.com | Alistair Vigier

Your browser does not support the audio element. Technology conferences are overwhelming by design. Between five parties a night, a hundred booths, and what feels like a thousand conversations, it’s easy to walk away from something like Web Summit Vancouver feeling like you’ve accomplished something just by surviving. But showing up, handing out business cards, and watching panels isn’t a strategy; it’s conference tourism.

3 weeks ago | nationalmagazine.ca | Alistair Vigier

Law Opinion The real disruption is going to come from large language models trained exclusively on legal data. That specialized legal artificial intelligence is already pounding on courthouse doors I keep hearing the same question in boardrooms and on law society and bar association panels: “Will ChatGPT replace lawyers?” As the CEO of a legal technology company, my answer is simple: you’re asking the wrong question.

2 months ago | techcouver.com | Alistair Vigier

Everyone’s talking about whether AI will replace lawyers. That’s the wrong question. The real disruption isn’t coming from general-purpose tools like ChatGPT. It’s coming from legal LLMs, large language models trained specifically on law. You’ve probably heard it in the courtroom, at conferences, or over drinks with colleagues. There is much speculation about what AI might do to the profession in five or ten years.

Jan 29, 2025 | techcouver.com | Alistair Vigier

The rise of DeepSeek should be a wake-up call to anyone who still believes that AI innovation is only for billion-dollar tech empires. In a world where OpenAI, Google, and Meta dominate headlines and Nvidia’s market cap swings by hundreds of billions based on AI demand, a small team with limited resources proved them all wrong.

Dec 17, 2024 | techcouver.com | Alistair Vigier

I’m writing this in response to Hugh Stephens’ recent article, “Stop the Misinformation and Fearmongering: AI Companies Need to License the Content They Use for Training,” where he critiques my views on AI in Canada. While I appreciate the dialogue around this critical issue, much of his argument misrepresents both the role of AI in the legal industry and the broader implications of ongoing lawsuits, including one against Caseway AI. I want to set the record straight.