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LexisNexis Launches 2nd Gen Legal AI Assistant on Lexis+ AI
Today LexisNexis Legal & Professional®, is unveiling its second-generation legal generative AI Assistant on the Lexis+ AI platform. The new AI Assistant was developed based on user feedback. And now offers a more personalized experience All existing Lexis+ AI customers will have access to the enhanced AI Assistant. The AI Assistant features enables conversational…
Press Release: Thomson Reuters Launches Westlaw Edge UK with CoCounsel
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…
Legaltech latest: vLex unveils new gen AI tools + Labs as Patlytics and LawHive raise millions in seed funding
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…
New Bipartisan Senate Legislation Aims to Bolster U.S. AI Research and Deployment
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…
Why the Taylor Swift AI Scandal is Pushing Lawmakers to Address Pornographic Deepfakes

Last month, viral AI-generated pornographic pictures of Taylor Swift circulated on X (formerly Twitter), with one post remaining for 17 hours and receiving more than 45 million views, 24,000 reposts, and hundreds of thousands of likes before the verified account was suspended for violating platform policy. The images, allegedly created using a company’s text-to-image…
Join Me Tuesday: AALL/CEB PARTNER WEBINAR: TRENDS AND INDUSTRY INSIGHTS IN KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
I will be moderating a lively panel discussion including three experts exploring recent KM trends. We will also discuss the challenges an opportunities arising from the emergence of Generative AI.
Program Description: Join us for an insightful webinar on the evolving landscape of Knowledge Management. This session will delve into the dynamic trends shaping the…
2024 Trends Report: Dynamics Shaping the Future of Legal w/CounselLink’s Kris Satkunas
In this episode of The Geek in Review podcast, hosts Marlene Gebauer and Greg Lambert welcome back Kris Satkunas, Director of Strategic Consulting at LexisNexis CounselLink, to discuss the findings of the 2024 Trends Report. The report, now in its 11th year, provides valuable insights into the legal industry, particularly focusing on…
TR Self Promo Goes Into Overdrive Post Co-Counsel Launch
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…
On Today’s Legaltech Week: Special Guest Jake Heller, Casetext CoFounder, Joins to Discuss the Latest CoCounsel News
Live today on Legaltech Week, the panel will be joined by special guest Jake Heller, cofounder of Casetext and now head of product, CoCounsel, at Thomson Reuters, to discuss the news announced earlier this week that Thomson Reuters will deploy the CoCounsel AI assistant as a single app across its entire portfolio of products spanning…