Until recently, working with AI has been limited to typing questions into a web browser and receiving answers in return. That’s how most professionals have used tools like ChatGPT and Claude. You type, it responds, you copy the output somewhere useful. It works, but it’s a bit like dictating to someone over the phone. The…

Here at Puritas, we monitor developments in AI, particularly when events or releases relate to legal technology. Nowadays, it seems like new AI tools are released every couple of hours, but one type of tool we are very interested in is the “AI agent”. Recently, an AI agent known as OpenClaw was released. Sure, it…

Introducing the “Roadhouse Prompt” Prompt engineering for AI chatbots is often explained as asking the right questions so you get better answers. But the real power of prompts isn’t just getting different information it’s switching your AI’s persona. By default, models like ChatGPT and Gemini are trained to be helpful, polite, and agreeable. If you…

If you’ve been using AI as a tool for any length of time, you probably started with ChatGPT. It was the first model to break into the mainstream and bring generative AI capabilities to the masses. For the first couple of years after its launch, it felt like the only game in town. Today, the AI…

At Puritas Springs Software, we’re bullish on AI, and we want to ensure our users make the most of this exciting new technology. AI tools are evolving fast. There are new models, new features, and new platforms almost weekly. It’s tempting to chase everything at once, but that can lead to a confusing experience for…

Sometimes the best way forward is to start over—especially when software on a personal computer begins to misbehave. Given enough time, every system develops errors or slows down, and the time-honored practice of “reinstalling” still solves many of those problems. We’ve come a long way since the early days of reinstalling. Back then, you often…

The more things change, the more they stay the same. The IRS has made some changes to Form 706 this year. The forms still collect essentially the same information, but you’ll notice a few additional fields—most notably, fields for foreign addresses and banking information to allow direct deposits or payments. The bigger shift from a…

The Atlas web browser from OpenAI deserves attention not because of its features, but because of what it represents. Two things, in particular:  1. The Mac-First Shift One surprising trend in recent years is how many new products are debuting on Mac first. That was almost unheard of a decade ago. Through the early 2000s…

Why Caring about Every Written Word Matters, Especially in Law When it comes to digital content, we are now fully immersed in an Internet of AI-created articles, images, and videos. In fact, in just a few years, AI content has become so pervasive that we have begun labeling much of it “AI slop.” This term of…

MFA Comes to Electronic Filing The golden age of logging into websites with just a plain old username and password is slowly coming to an end. Nowadays, you often need to have your phone nearby if you want to log in, so you can add a third form of authentication to your login request, typically in…