Featured in Domain Arrivals · 2026-08-08
Second Chair, an AI Wingmate for Depositions
Second Chair listens to civil-deposition testimony on a laptop, compares each answer with the complaint and examination goals, and drafts follow-up questions in real time.
Why it surfacedThis is a sharply defined AI workflow rather than a general-purpose legal chatbot: complaint in, examination outline out, and a follow-up appears when a witness contradicts the record, makes an admission, or introduces a new person or document. Its strongest design choice is local-first operation, with transcription, audio, outlines, and notes kept on the attorney's machine.
Continue into the edition
The Fax Is Thinking
August 8’s newborn domains include a chatbot that replies only by fax, an Elmira tax analysis built from 1,689 sales, a map protecting Jeju divers’ precise fishing grounds, and 58 boxes catalogued into one uncle’s 1,113-book library.
This is one of 1,000 discoveries in the 2026-08-08 Domain Arrivals issue.