Newsroom · Updated August 2026
Where Viewpoints.ai has been published, covered, and presented, and where to see the team next. For interviews, background, or data from the human vs. machine mock trial, email info@viewpoints.ai.
LF Dealmakers Annual Forum · Kimpton Hotel Eventi & SECOND, New York, NY · September 15–17
Byron Reeves moderates the masterclass in the litigation funders track: how AI surfaces overlooked claims and builds stronger case pipelines, where it improves early-stage assessment and underwriting, and what funders and firms need to get right on data quality and validation.
Event details →Greenbook · Virtual
Viewpoints.ai is on the speaker program at Greenbook’s virtual conference on AI in market research and consumer insights.
Speaker lineup →National Retail & Restaurant Defense Association · The Omni Charlotte Hotel, Charlotte, NC
In Session 5, “The Next Lap: Using AI to Predict Jury Behavior,” Leo Yeykelis and Jim Cummings show how AI-powered jury simulation can evaluate case strengths, test themes, and anticipate juror behavior.
Seminar program →NAFUSA Annual Conference · St. Louis, MO
Viewpoints.ai joins a panel at the National Association of Former United States Attorneys conference on how AI is entering trial practice and jury decision-making.
Panel announcement →Greenbook · San Francisco, CA
Viewpoints.ai is on the speaker program at Greenbook’s West Coast conference for the market research and insights industry.
Speaker lineup →DRI · Renaissance Nashville Hotel, Nashville, TN · November 18–20
The seminar stages a complete asbestos mock trial before a live jury, which deliberates on a real-time stream. The Viewpoints.ai team then shows how an AI jury evaluated the same facts, next to the live panel’s verdict.
Seminar program →United States Patent and Trademark Office
The USPTO granted Viewpoints.ai its patent on generating AI subjects and media stimuli to simulate and predict human responses, the method behind the jury simulation and the audience panels.
Read the patent →Insights Association · Simulating Humans webinar series
This conversation with Stanford professor Byron Reeves on the science behind simulated respondents was featured in the Insights Association seminar session Busting the Myths of Human Simulation.
Watch the conversation →For The Defense (DRI) · By Byron Reeves and Leo Yeykelis
The first public head-to-head between a live mock jury and a simulated panel on the same case, written up for DRI’s magazine. Both panels reached the same defense majority.
Read the article →DRI Advanced Litigation and Trial Strategies in Retail & Hospitality Seminar · Nashville, TN
A live mock jury heard a complete mock trial and deliberated on camera. Leo Yeykelis, Matt Leighty, and Byron Reeves then presented the simulated panel that heard the same case, next to the live jury’s verdict.
Seminar program →Forbes · By Leo Yeykelis
Leo writes about research and AI for Forbes. This piece reports how AI personas performed against studies originally run with 20,000 human participants.
Read on Forbes →The Quirk’s Event · Dallas, TX
Leo Yeykelis and Byron Reeves ran short simulated persona studies live on stage and had the audience vote on whether they would trust each result for a real decision, weighing speed to insight against scientific rigor.
Session details →Digital Native · By Rex Woodbury
Rex Woodbury’s technology newsletter on how simulated populations change research named Viewpoints a leading company in the space, with jury simulation as one of the two early use cases.
Read the issue →arXiv · By Leo Yeykelis, Kaavya Pichai, James J. Cummings, and Byron Reeves
The validation study behind the platform. AI persona responses matched published human study results in 88% of medium and large effects, with matching statistical significance.
Read the paper →We can share the data behind the human vs. machine mock trial, the validation study, and the venue benchmark work, and set up time with Leo or Byron.
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