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Hey there Legal Rebels! 👋This is the third episode of the 2024 season of the LawDroid Manifesto podcast, where I will be interviewing key legal innovators to learn how they do what they do.If you want to understand the nature of AI’s impact on the legal profession and its business model, you need to listen

Thomson Reuters is expanding customers’ access to AI-Assisted Research with the introduction of Westlaw Edge UK with CoCounsel. The first Thomson Reuters generative AI legal research offering in the UK, Westlaw Edge UK with CoCounsel streamlines the initial phase of legal research by allowing customers to ask complex questions in natural language and delivering synthesized answers

Legal Technology reports Global online legal research provider vLex last week launched a suite of generative AI-backed document analysis tools for litigation and transactional practitioners as in other news, AI startups Patlytics and Lawhive announced seed raises of £3.6 ($4.5m) and £9.6m ($11.9m) respectively.   vLex’s Vincent AI Document Analyze augments lawyers’ responses to contracts, motions, pleadings, and other legal documents, using

Senate Commerce Committee Chair Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Senators Todd Young (R-IN), John Hickenlooper (D-CO), and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) recently introduced the Future of AI Innovation Act, a legislative package that addresses key bipartisan priorities to promote AI safety, standardization, and access.  The bill would also advance U.S. leadership in AI by facilitating R&D

They love the love! Tech and Legal Industries React to the Thomson Reuters Expansion of CoCounsel The Thomson Reuters expansion of CoCounsel “spreads the LLM love beyond legal,” said Richard Tromans on social media as part of Artificial Lawyer’s coverage of the announcement. Journalists and bloggers shared their perspectives on the CoCounsel expansion, which includes the rollout of the generative AI assistant