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LexisNexis is embracing generative AI to ease authorized writing and analysis

Final June, simply months after the discharge of ChatGPT from OpenAI, a few New York Metropolis attorneys infamously used the instrument to write a very poor brief. The AI cited faux instances, resulting in an uproar, an indignant decide and two very embarrassed attorneys. It was proof that whereas bots like ChatGPT will be useful, you actually need to test their work rigorously, particularly in a authorized context.

The case didn’t escape the parents at LexisNexis, a authorized software program firm that provides tooling to assist attorneys discover the proper case regulation to make their authorized arguments. The corporate sees the potential of AI in serving to scale back a lot of the mundane authorized work that each lawyer undertakes, however it additionally acknowledges these very actual points because it begins its generative AI journey.

Jeff Reihl, chief expertise officer at LexisNexis, understands the worth of AI. In actual fact, his firm has been constructing the expertise into its platform for a while now. However with the ability to add ChatGPT-like performance to its authorized toolbox would assist attorneys work extra effectively: serving to with temporary writing and discovering citations quicker.

“We as a corporation have been working with AI applied sciences for a variety of years. I believe what is absolutely, actually totally different now since ChatGPT got here out in November, is the chance to generate textual content and the conversational elements that include this expertise,” Reihl informed TechCrunch+.