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Lord Chief Justice looks ahead to AI predicting case outcomes and IT taking over some of lawyers’ work
Friday, 23 December 2016Artificial intelligence will likely be better at predicting the outcome of cases than the most experienced QCs, the Lord Chief Justice has warned. He also flagged changes that would see unbundling, outsourcing, and lesser-qualified staff assisted by technology taking over some of the work now done by lawyers.
Tags: artificial intelligence
Posted in Latest news, Market monitor, Technology
Injury firm teams up with university in bid to develop AI for “decision support”
Thursday, 8 December 2016A leading north-west injury practice has received public money to back a link-up with academics that aims to develop ground-breaking artificial intelligence technology to support decision-making within the firm. It has formed a knowledge transfer partnership with Liverpool University.
Tags: artificial intelligence
Posted in Latest news, Technology
AI app that replaces lawyers “could be used in divorce cases”
Tuesday, 22 November 2016The technology behind an artificial intelligence app created to help businesspeople draft confidentiality agreements will be extended to other commercial and consumer products such as wills, and may in time be suitable for in family law cases, according to its creator.
Tags: artificial intelligence, digital personal assistant
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Futurologist: AI-based future “means opportunities for lawyers”
Thursday, 10 November 2016Technology is transforming the world at a furious pace and artificial intelligence (AI) and the legal frameworks that will emerge from it and similar developments, offer “massive opportunities” for lawyers, according to a leading futurologist.
Tags: artificial intelligence, blockchain
Posted in Latest news, Technology
Law students build app aimed at helping crime victims
Monday, 17 October 2016Four Cambridge university law students have created a free artificial intelligence ‘chatbot’ using natural language input with the aim of clarifying whether a criminal offence has taken place and making it more likely the police will take victims of crime seriously.
Tags: artificial intelligence, chatbot, law students
Posted in Latest news, Technology
Major law firm adopts Watson-based AI research tool
Tuesday, 10 May 2016ROSS Intelligence, the artificial intelligence legal research technology built on IBM’s Watson cognitive computer, has announced its first commercial partnership with one of the largest law firms in the US.
Tags: artificial intelligence, Ross
Posted in Latest news, Technology
Cambridge firm makes AI company its second tech investment
Wednesday, 13 April 2016Taylor Vinters will this week implement artificial intelligence contract review software developed by a law tech company that the law firm has invested in. Last month another tech investment by the firm, Pekama, launched a mobile app
Tags: artificial intelligence
Posted in Latest news, Technology
Virtual assistants will mean fewer lawyers, Riverview predicts
Wednesday, 30 March 2016The spread of virtual assistants will not remove the need for lawyers but it will reduce their number, the chief executive of Riverview Law has predicted. Karl Chapman said he was “amazed” by the number of lawyers doing things they did not need to do.
Tags: Alternative business structures, artificial intelligence, Technology, virtual assistants
Posted in Latest news, Technology
Denton’s IT accelerator looks short and long term with Apperio investment and ROSS expansion
Tuesday, 29 March 2016NextLaw Labs, the business accelerator set up by global law firm Dentons, has invested in an IT product which claims to improve the transparency of fees and cement the bond between lawyers and corporate clients. Meanwhile, another of its investments, AI venture Ross, is opening up to more law firms.
Tags: AI, artificial intelligence, Dentons, hackathon
Posted in Latest news, Technology
DIY legal site experiments with ‘robot’ lawyer
Monday, 18 January 2016A student who set up a DIY website to help consumers challenge parking tickets, and claim compensation for delayed travel or missold PPI, has added a natural-language ‘robot lawyer’ to draft documents. It has been welcomed by the solicitor who created a ground-breaking automated website aimed at helping people charged with motoring offences.
Tags: artificial intelligence, Automation
Posted in Latest news, Technology