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Ben Schorr

@bschorr.bsky.social

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I help people be successful with Microsoft 365 and AI. Innovation Strategist at Affinity Consulting. Ex-Microsoft. Dad, husband, author, speaker, Ironman triathlete, battleship historian, football coach. Opinions are mine, and maybe yours.

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Ben Schorr @bschorr.bsky.social · 1h

‘Zero Associates’ Firm Pierson Ferdinand Hits 300 Partners buff.ly/sOAZnFa No associates, and it's not clear how many, if any, staff they have.

‘Zero Associates’ Firm Pierson Ferdinand Hits 300 Partners

Pierson Ferdinand, a new model law firm that has no associates and instead relies of AI platforms such as Harvey to do the heavy lifting, has now reached 300 partners globally. PierFerd, as it’s kn…

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Ben Schorr @bschorr.bsky.social · 3h

The rebranding of Microsoft 365 #Copilot into just Microsoft Copilot and the related combining of the consumer and enterprise experiences makes it that much more important to ensure that you are signed in with the correct account when you use Copilot.

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Ben Schorr @bschorr.bsky.social · 11h

Obviously being on the "Do not call" list does not prevent me from getting half a dozen spam texts every week.

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Ben Schorr @bschorr.bsky.social · 14h

How is Facebook's software this bad? You can't properly track long discussions. Invite links to private groups fail routinely. This isn't some vibe-coded, overnight thing. They've got teams of professional software developers. Is it really that hard?

Ben Schorr @bschorr.bsky.social · 17h

"It wasn't Harvey, it wasn't CoCounsel, it wasn't Legora for the most part." ― Bob Ambrogi on legal professionals' AI platform usage To my mild surprise, #Copilot is actually the most commonly cited AI tool law firms are using.

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Ben Schorr @bschorr.bsky.social · 20h

"Most of our growth in the labor force is now coming from the immigrant population." ― Dr. Tara Watson on immigrants and U.S. labor-force growth Whatever your feelings about it politically, immigration is an economics story, and our current approach is adding new economic challenges.

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Ben Schorr @bschorr.bsky.social · 22h

Something to be aware of from a #governance standpoint - it will be easier for your users to share files in #Teams chats with people outside your firm. If you don't want that, you'll have to change a setting to leave it turned off by default. buff.ly/VYibzX4

Microsoft Teams: File sharing enabled by default in external (federated) chats

Service: Microsoft Teams. Category: Plan for Change. Major Change. Microsoft Teams will enable file sharing by default in external (federated) chats starting la

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Ben Schorr @bschorr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"Every input that you send, every message is converted to tokens, right?" ― Jordan Wilson on how AI tokens affect costs This is something firms are having to start to understand as they use #AI in their workflows going forward.

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Ben Schorr @bschorr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Disney Seeks Legal AI Chief Amid Inhouse Shakeup buff.ly/9npbd2X #LegalTech #AI #Jobs You can help automate the main mouse's lawyers!

Disney Seeks Legal AI Chief Amid Inhouse Shakeup

Entertainment giant Disney is having a legal AI moment. Last week, Deadline reported that the company’s 1,000-strong Legal and Global Affairs group would face significant changes, with ‘automating …

Ben Schorr @bschorr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Dell running an ad for a laptop with great battery life. Me: Glancing at the Dell Precision that dies after 1 hour and 9 minute of Outlook and Teams.

Ben Schorr @bschorr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Jury is still out on how I feel about migrating custom GPTs to plugins in #ChatGPT. I've only migrated a couple so far and we'll see how it goes.

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Ben Schorr @bschorr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Why Do People Regain Weight After Stopping GLP-1s Like Ozempic? Researchers Think They’ve Solved the Mystery buff.ly/nLS4C5m It's not clear to me why there's a mystery about this. To me it sounds like "Scientists have finally figured out why people get thirsty after they stop drinking water!"

Ben Schorr @bschorr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

If you don't have a huge glitzy conference are you even a legal tech product these days?

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Ben Schorr @bschorr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"Law is human. Our courts & our legal system should be a human process." ― Sam Harden on human judgment in legal AI, Heard on Lawyerist Podcast 100% agree, there may be a profit motive for turning increasing amounts of the legal system over to tech, but justice should never be about profit.

Ben Schorr @bschorr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"If we chase progress, we will stumble across perfection from time to time." ― Rachel Shields-Williams on progress over perfection in legal data I'm a big fan of incremental improvement. Just trying to be a little bit better today than you were yesterday, and a little bit better tomorrow.

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Ben Schorr @bschorr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Yes, I'm sure there's a big podcast audience who wants to hear about "The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2013." 🤣 I'm sure they're using AI to mine the deepest part of the barrel looking for prospects but seriously?

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Ben Schorr @bschorr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Honored to be invited to speak at ABA TECHSHOW 2027. It's one of my favorite events of the year! #ABATECHSHOW

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Ben Schorr @bschorr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Wow, thanks for this blast from the past, OneDrive! There are quite a few things on my bookshelf that came from this store. #Borders

The Borders store at Ala Moana Shopping Center in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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Ben Schorr @bschorr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Some pretty cool new features coming to #Excel. You no longer have to break sorting and filtering just because a single cell contained multiple values. Put multiple values in one cell with lists and arrays in Excel buff.ly/WmvqOJy

Put multiple values in one cell with lists and arrays in Excel | Microsoft Community Hub

Throughout Excel's 40-year history, you've only been able to put one value per cell. In this announcement, we're excited to share how that's changing with...

Ben Schorr @bschorr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

If you use podcasts as a way to learn things or keep up on current events, I highly recommend Snipd. It has an AI-powered feature that allows you snip quotes or important points in the episode so that you can easily revisit or review them later. And it integrates nicely with Android Auto. #Podcast

Snipd - The Podcast App for Knowledge Seekers

Take notes by tapping your headphones, discover the best highlights, chat with podcasts - and more!

Ben Schorr @bschorr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I'm a big fan of having emergency lighting in your home in case the power fails at night. These are also flashlights and they have USB charging, so if you need to charge your phone during an extended outage, there's a USB-C port on them you can use to charge your devices. buff.ly/pR94WQI

Ben Schorr @bschorr.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I have to admit, having a robot vacuum cleaner has made me a little bit less concerned if I drop a few breadcrumbs on the floor, because I know the vacuum is going to come through in a few hours and clean them up anyway. 🤷‍♂️

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Ben Schorr @bschorr.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Hey legal professionals! I'm just wrapping up work on an "e-mail for legal professionals" ebook that focuses on how legal professionals can use #Outlook more efficiently. As I start to think about what my next ebooks will be, what topics would you like to see? #legaltech

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Ben Schorr @bschorr.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

"The workflow is in the mind of somebody or in a 600-page binder that collected dust." ― Rudina Seseri, Heard on Pioneers of AI There can be a lot of value in using AI to extract the details of key workflows in your firm or organization so that they can be more repeatable & maybe more efficient.

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Ben Schorr @bschorr.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Apparently, the way to prove that you're human after Cloudflare throws this at you eight straight times is to just close the tab in frustration. Because a bot would just keep checking the box, I suppose.

Ben Schorr @bschorr.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Seems legit.

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Ben Schorr @bschorr.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

"One of my favorite tips, actually, that I started doing last year is maybe once a month, maybe more, I will reach out and connect with somebody on LinkedIn who is completely outside the legal industry, but someone I really admire." ― Erika Pagano on broadening your network

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Ben Schorr @bschorr.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Measurements for understanding the pace of AI development inside frontier labs buff.ly/EmJPtxl I'm okay with #AI being heavily involved in research and development, but I also believe real human oversight is essential. #R&D

Measurements for understanding the pace of AI development inside frontier labs

Today, the world can’t see what’s going on inside AI labs. Anthropic is proposing new metrics that would give the public visibility into frontier AI development.

Ben Schorr @bschorr.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

"I think that if this had been a mistake and they owned up to it, it would be very different." ― Joe Patrice on prosecutor sanctions If there's one thing we're learning from AI-related sanctions, it's that you're better off admitting it than trying to deceive the court about what you did.

Ben Schorr @bschorr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Introduction to agents in Microsoft Copilot | Microsoft Support buff.ly/CXciM8e I realize I'm biased, but this article is a perfect example of what I mean about Microsoft not prioritizing technical content.

Introduction to agents in Microsoft Copilot | Microsoft Support

Copilot agents are specialized assistants that link to targeted data sources to offer personalized assistance and automate tasks.

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Ben Schorr @bschorr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Meet Today in Microsoft Copilot buff.ly/ieuZRF9 This video doesn't really show very much. My hot take here is that a lot of Copilot users are already doing this with their own custom prompts.

Meet Today in Microsoft Copilot

Coming soon in Home, Today is a proactive command center across mail, calendar, chats, meetings, and tasks—surfacing what needs attention and moving it forward with drafts and proposals ready for you…

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Ben Schorr @bschorr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

What's New in Copilot in SharePoint: September 2026 buff.ly/80mFvxc The Understand Images capability is deceptively big, especially for marketing teams that have a large library of legacy content that is not well organized.

What's New in Copilot in SharePoint: September 2026 | Microsoft Community Hub

Your monthly roundup of what's new in Copilot in SharePoint. Copilot in SharePoint helps you do more with your content — ask questions, run workflows, and...

Ben Schorr @bschorr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"My checklist is to treat every unsolicited communication with a grain of salt, to independently validate the information, so not using the phone number or the information on like an invoice." ― Marti DeLiema on avoiding #scams

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Ben Schorr @bschorr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Law Firm Launches Legal AI Tool For Creators buff.ly/wAYm3Jz If your firm specializes in a relatively niche market, there may still be some opportunity for you to lead with an AI tool that people in that market can use.

Law Firm Launches Legal AI Tool For Creators

Lewis Silkin, a UK-based law firm, and its LS Innovations affiliated tech company, have launched Lettu, an AI-powered platform to help ‘creators, talent managers, agencies and brands get commercial…

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Ben Schorr @bschorr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"They're a version of failure demand. It's work that only exists because something wasn't handled well somewhere upstream." ― John E. Grant on failure demand and client communication Sometimes making a process or workflow more efficient involves evaluating what came before it to see if...

Ben Schorr @bschorr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Build a Local Rye and Spelt Flour… | The Rundown University buff.ly/ZMRTGwK This is a great example of how using AI can help you rethink the question you're asking and how you approach the workflow.

Build a Local Rye and Spelt Flour… | The Rundown University

Build a Local Rye and Spelt Flour Supply Chain: I built an AI-assisted vertical grain supply-chain resilience workflow after discovering that the rye flour we…

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Ben Schorr @bschorr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Lesson one: Product name. #Microsoft365Copilot

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Ben Schorr @bschorr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Claude discovers a novel enzyme system buff.ly/V2p6qkk AI can be good at spotting patterns, and advancing bioscience has exciting potential. Of course, extending one's biological life is only part of the longevity problem but it's an important start.

Claude discovers a novel enzyme system

In early results from our new life sciences research lab, Claude agents found an enzyme system whose function is still unknown.

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Ben Schorr @bschorr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Rogue OpenAI agent 'infiltrated' Australian government website in world first buff.ly/D9aHSRe Now is not the time to be investing less in security and alignment.

Rogue OpenAI agent 'infiltrated' Australian government website in world first

Australia criticised OpenAI for taking "too long" to tell them about the breach which happened in June.

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Ben Schorr @bschorr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

FAA Launches New AI Air Traffic Control Tool buff.ly/aaYpDuo As long as human controllers are still in charge and have the final word, I'm fine with this.

FAA Launches New AI Air Traffic Control Tool

The FAA has introduced SMART, a new AI tool designed to streamline air traffic control. By centralizing weather, flight paths, and staffing data, this predictive system aims to reduce delays,…

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Ben Schorr @bschorr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"They looked again at the original survey data and found that specific demographic groups contained a number of respondents who they can now identify as fraudulent." ― Tom Coles on the YouGov retraction A persistent issue in survey data, but more so on topics that are controversial.

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Ben Schorr @bschorr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"China seems to be coming up in the world's esteem." ― Waylon Wong on global approval ratings It turns out that soft power matters too.

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Ben Schorr @bschorr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"I never have the AI write first drafts of anything I do. And in fact, don't engage with an AI until after I've written a draft, but then engage a lot with the AI as an editor." ― Jason Palmer on how he uses AI in writing I often do the same.

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Ben Schorr @bschorr.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

"The ROI in the early stages is learning, right?" ― Ted Theodoropoulos on measuring early AI transformation, Heard on Legal Innovation Spotlight Absolutely.

Ben Schorr @bschorr.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Hmmm...our new Roborock vacuum stopped and said it was "trapped". It doesn't look trapped.

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Ben Schorr @bschorr.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

More Models, One Copilot | Microsoft Community Hub buff.ly/cD7yXKK Microsoft has been doing a pretty good job lately keeping the models in #Copilot current.

More Models, One Copilot | Microsoft Community Hub

Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT-6 Sol are joining model choice in Microsoft Copilot.

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Ben Schorr @bschorr.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Harvey Launches Pro Bono Program buff.ly/wHZsHcX Okay, that's probably a good thing. Curious to see how it looks when it's actually in action. #Legaltech #A2J

Harvey Launches Pro Bono Program

Harvey has launched a pro bono program in the UK, Australia, and the US, which seeks to address the reality that today many millions of people still cannot gain access to affordable legal help. The…

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Ben Schorr @bschorr.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Introducing Claude Opus 5.5 buff.ly/YUGCK9x We have reached the point where the big AI model vendors can't compete only on performance anymore. Cost is also a top concern, and seeing both OpenAI and Anthropic lower their price per token is a potentially big deal for customers.

Introducing Claude Opus 5.5

Claude Opus 5.5 leads in agentic coding and knowledge work, and costs 40% less to run than Opus 5 on typical workloads.

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Ben Schorr @bschorr.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

"The effects do not go away. That is, businesses experience a permanent drop in foot traffic and spending." ― Zeke Hernandez on the lasting economic effects of ICE enforcement, Heard on The Indicator from Planet Money

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Ben Schorr @bschorr.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Another Reason Recurring Meetings are an #eDiscovery Headache buff.ly/KO43QUI Important call out, you may have to search a lot more locations than you expect to uncover recurring meeting notes. And of course, that leaves aside any private notes that any of those attendees might have created.

Another Reason Recurring Meetings are an eDiscovery Headache

Something else to know about Teams meeting notes.

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