The BBC Artificial intelligence (AI) tools have got significantly better at answering legal questions but still can not replicate the competence of even a junior lawyer, new research suggests. The major British law firm, Linklaters, put chatbots to the test by setting them 50 “relatively hard” questions about English law. It concluded OpenAI’s GPT 2, released in…

Probably a good idea to read more papers like this so you know where you information providers are heading in their thinking whilst trying to preserve their high subscription prices. It’s suggested that they work with clients to develop intelligence products Don’t do it. GO DIY and then get them to sell it for you…

Here’s the announcement via Linked In the important thing to note is that the word publishing is conspicuous by its absence. The PR suggests to me that her role is to shift lawyers into AI mode as quickly as possible and with Lexis products before they get sidetracked by the 100’s of other options on…

interesting snippet Relx, formerly Reed Elsevier, has transitioned from legal and scientific publishing to AI fraud detection. Automated processes in financial transactions verify identities and detect fraud, becoming big business. Relx, now the UK’s fifth most valuable company, uses LexisNexis for online data and risk solutions. The company has shifted to mostly online activities, with…

Just came across this Courtaid.ai has access to to over 300K judgments and legislation from all Australian states and territories. Does this work better than ChatGPT? Yes, it does. Data is key in the world of AI. Courtaid.ai has access to 300k+ Australian judgments and legislation, behind the scenes an enterprise search engine is used to…

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Legal Insider: A law professor at the University of British Columbia (UBC) has concluded that Lexis+ AI’s content is “riddled with mistakes” and should not be used by law students yet, following a series of tests of the generative AI research and drafting solution.  Benjamin Perrin, who in addition to being a legal professor also leads the UBC Artificial…