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Ryan McDonough

@ryanmcdonough.co.uk
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Head of Development & Exploring AI @ KPMG Law Recently built: legaltech.fyi Working on visionOS & GenAI Legal Technology #legaltech #lawtech #genai

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Ryan McDonough @ryanmcdonough.co.uk · 01/09/2026
Sadly coming up on the one year since the last @badvoltage.bsky.social podcast - a fantastic show, and lots of episodes that are worth revisiting even years on.
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Ryan McDonough @ryanmcdonough.co.uk · 01/08/2026
Just returned from Norway, managed to capture a few jars of rain if anyone wants any?
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Ryan McDonough @ryanmcdonough.co.uk · 20/07/2026
Soft launching tinymuseum.app this week, a place to show off your own interesting finds, such as pointless signs, doors with fun knockers, benches that face walls... anything.
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Tiny Museums — Everyone has something worth curating
Tiny Museums helps anyone turn the things they care about into beautiful, shareable personal museums.
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Ryan McDonough @ryanmcdonough.co.uk · 18/07/2026
First attempt at a paper papers.ryanmcdonough.co.uk/believe/ as to does AI believe the witness?
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Does the AI Believe the Witness?
Hidden credibility judgments inside a language model reading legal statements. Open 7B model plus closed-model replication on Claude Sonnet 5 and GPT-5.5.
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Ryan McDonough @ryanmcdonough.co.uk · 17/07/2026
@markbradley.bsky.social digitgames.xyz/hilda/ reuben's Hilda inspired game.
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Hilda and the Hidden Paths
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Ryan McDonough @ryanmcdonough.co.uk · 14/03/2026
@markbradley.bsky.social Reuben's working on his unofficial bumble and snug spin off.
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Ryan McDonough @ryanmcdonough.co.uk · 04/03/2026
@myke.social www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formul... someone took your advice seriously!
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'Drive to Survive got me into F1 - now I work at Williams'
Williams wind tunnel systems engineer Christina Sullivan tells BBC Sport about her unlikely route in to F1.
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Ryan McDonough @ryanmcdonough.co.uk · 16/02/2026
@jamiesmart.bsky.social stumbled upon this on eBay and picked it up, are these ones out of print now? Trying to figure out if can pick up the whole set for my son (outside of eBay)
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Ryan McDonough @ryanmcdonough.co.uk · 03/01/2026
Got Nota AI app into test flight now for my first general #legaltech app
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Ryan McDonough @ryanmcdonough.co.uk · 30/12/2025
I always think back to Jamie Lenman in the Reuben documentary of what happens in aldershot stays in aldershot when I make my son a mix of cereals for breakfast.
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Ryan McDonough @ryanmcdonough.co.uk · 25/12/2025
Another 3 and half months out.
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Ryan McDonough @ryanmcdonough.co.uk · 18/12/2025
Sunrise
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Ryan McDonough @ryanmcdonough.co.uk · 29/11/2025
Reuben getting around to his Bunny vs Monkey masterclass, thankfully it's still a wet Saturday so the intro holds true 😂 @jamiesmart.bsky.social
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Ryan McDonough @ryanmcdonough.co.uk · 15/11/2025
Unfortunately my son's ended up with a sickness bug so if anyone would like a free adult & under 12 ticket to @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social #ThoughtBubble #Harrogate for today then ping me a message.
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Ryan McDonough @ryanmcdonough.co.uk · 20/09/2025
@jamiesmart.bsky.social my son's currently working on his unofficial A3 edition of bunny vs monkey.
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Ryan McDonough @ryanmcdonough.co.uk · 06/07/2025
@jamiesmart.bsky.social it was my sons martial arts graduation this morning, he drew monkey on his board to break it as monkey "is always cheeky"
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Ryan McDonough @ryanmcdonough.co.uk · 24/04/2025
So early even Wetherspoons is closed
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Ryan McDonough @ryanmcdonough.co.uk · 10/03/2025
It's a hard life
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Ryan McDonough @ryanmcdonough.co.uk · 11/02/2025
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Ryan McDonough @ryanmcdonough.co.uk · 06/01/2025
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... a real shame, as I walked to work the other week I went "amazing how this place is still open and everything else under the arches has gone..."
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Leeds rock bar The Shed closes after 16 years
Rock and indie bar is shutting permanently due to changes in conditions of lease offered to owners.
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Ryan McDonough @ryanmcdonough.co.uk · 01/01/2025
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Ryan McDonough @ryanmcdonough.co.uk · 31/12/2024
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Ryan McDonough @ryanmcdonough.co.uk · 22/12/2024
This is how I spent my time in 2024
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Ryan McDonough @ryanmcdonough.co.uk · 20/12/2024
And with that - work is done for the year.
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Colin Lachance @colinlachance.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Any Canadian LRW profs out there with a plan for teaching 1Ls how to effectively incorporate LLM tools into case briefing and memo writing? I do a weekly AI zoom “Office Hours” call for Ontario Bar Association members (and others) and would love to have you on as a guest in January. Please DM.
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Ryan McDonough @ryanmcdonough.co.uk · 20/12/2024
Just published a new blog post exploring “alignment faking” in AI, a phenomenon where models appear to follow new rules while preserving old behaviours. For legal tech, this raises important questions about trust and reliability. How do we ensure our tools are genuinely aligned?
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Alignment Faking in AI Models: Implications for AI Safety and Legal Technology
Recent research from Anthropic and Redwood Research has revealed a really intriguing phenomenon in large language models (LLMs) called “alignment faking.” In their study, the team demonstrated that, u...
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Ryan McDonough @ryanmcdonough.co.uk · 17/12/2024
Been doing laps of the living room for 20 minutes...
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Ryan McDonough @ryanmcdonough.co.uk · 15/12/2024
We use a well known legal tech product, backed by a huge company - latest release you hit enter in an auto search box and it literally breaks and redirects to an empty page... I do wonder how these regressions happen in huge providers.
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Ryan McDonough @ryanmcdonough.co.uk · 07/12/2024
Starting back light after a month off just keeping a baby, a 7 year old and my wife alive.
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Ryan McDonough @ryanmcdonough.co.uk · 06/12/2024
Garden office setup complete, just need to get my framed photo of @horacewu.bsky.social on the wall and I'm done.
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Ryan McDonough @ryanmcdonough.co.uk · 03/12/2024
Floor laid in the garden office.
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Ryan McDonough @ryanmcdonough.co.uk · 30/11/2024
Garden office taking shape.
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Aoife O'Donoghue @aoifemod.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Us at #Doing #Feminist Legal Work have 2 new Best Practice Guides 1. Empirical Approaches to Family Law Research 2. Transitioning from PhD to an Academic Career Thnx to all who contributed! Great collective work!! All our Best Practice Guides are available dflw.ie/publications...
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Ryan McDonough @ryanmcdonough.co.uk · 24/11/2024
My latest blog post on how I see the next decade of legal AI playing out. #legaltech #ai
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The Next Decade (or so) of Legal AI
In the past few years or I’ve observed how artificial intelligence has been starting to reshape the legal workflow. Over the next decade, AI won’t just streamline processes it will fundamentally alte...
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Ryan McDonough @ryanmcdonough.co.uk · 24/11/2024
The fun of having a new born - I often find myself just rocking things or gently swaying even when not holding the baby.
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Ryan McDonough @ryanmcdonough.co.uk · 22/11/2024
My recent blog post about how to approach building your own legal benchmarks for AI.
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Custom AI Benchmarks: A Critical Approach to Evaluating and Implementing Legal Tech Tools
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become a huge opportunity for businesses looking to improve efficiency, reduce costs and stay competitive. However, the success of AI depends largely on how well it al...
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Ryan McDonough @ryanmcdonough.co.uk · 21/11/2024
@nikjet.bsky.social good to have you here
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Ryan McDonough @ryanmcdonough.co.uk · 19/11/2024
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Ryan McDonough @ryanmcdonough.co.uk · 18/11/2024
As AI provider continues to evolve their offerings we're faced with a pressing question: who takes responsibility when AI makes decisions? In my latest blog, I explore how autonomous AI tools are pushing boundaries, raising complex legal and ethical challenges. #legaltech #genai
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From Convenience to Complexity: The Legal Questions of AI Autonomy
Claude has taken a bold step by offering the ability to control a user’s computer directly, with OpenAI rumoured to follow suit in early 2025. This shift marks a significant leap in what these technol...
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Ryan McDonough @ryanmcdonough.co.uk · 18/11/2024
First day back after paternity today, 200+ emails (which I know for many is very low for 2 weeks, but I work differently) to wade through. Back on the horse for building out an AI deck and a blog post I've been piecing together for the past week between naps to publish.
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Ryan McDonough @ryanmcdonough.co.uk · 17/11/2024
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a man in a leather jacket is standing in front of a rock wall .
ALT: a man in a leather jacket is standing in front of a rock wall .
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Ryan McDonough @ryanmcdonough.co.uk · 17/11/2024
Minecraft Lego with Reuben
Son building Minecraft Lego
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Gav Ward @gavward.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Setting up some lawyer / legal tech starter packs for people to follow this weekend. Who’s your top person who should be on the list please? #lawsky @colinlevy.bsky.social @heyitsalexsu.bsky.social @seanjones.org @jordanfurlong.bsky.social @brianinkster.bsky.social You’re all givens #law #legaltech
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Ryan McDonough @ryanmcdonough.co.uk · 17/11/2024
My key takeaways after recently having a new baby boy: 1. Chinese 2. Indian 3. Burgers
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Ryan McDonough @ryanmcdonough.co.uk · 17/11/2024
Reuben had a great time at the cinema yesterday with his friends for his 7th birthday.
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Alex Blechman @alexblechman.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
There are 206 bones in the human body, which is way too many. My administration will cut this down to 100 bones
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Ryan McDonough @ryanmcdonough.co.uk · 13/11/2024
Xander arrived last week to the family, long nights, but well worth it.
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Ryan McDonough @ryanmcdonough.co.uk · 22/10/2024
www.ryanmcdonough.co.uk/custom-ai-be... #legaltech #benchmark
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Custom AI Benchmarks: A Critical Approach to Evaluating and Implementing Legal Tech Tools
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become a huge opportunity for businesses looking to improve efficiency, reduce costs and stay competitive. However, the success of AI depends largely on how well it al...
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Ryan McDonough @ryanmcdonough.co.uk · 13/12/2023
Back to lifting & couch to 5k.
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Ryan McDonough @ryanmcdonough.co.uk · 13/12/2023
My latest blog post, "Seasonal Rhythms in AI: Unpacking the GPT-4 Turbo's Response to Time". This post, with a 2-minute read time, delves into the intriguing aspects of GPT-4 Turbo and its interaction with times of the year. #legaltech
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Seasonal Rhythms in AI: Unpacking the GPT-4 Turbo's Response to Time
Rob Lynch's recent experiment with GPT-4 Turbo has sparked an intriguing conversation about the ways in which AI might mirror societal rhythms. Lynch's experiment, which compared output lengths when t...
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