Generative Artificial Intelligence Moves to Transform the Legal World

LexisNexis is pioneering the use of generative AI with Lexis+ AI™,  focusing on reliability, consistency, and data security while enabling legal professionals to achieve better outcomes.

Lexis+ AI is built and trained on the largest repository of accurate and exclusive legal content, backed by verifiable, citable authority. “We’re thrilled to bring this transformative technology to customers,” said Mike Walsh, CEO of LexisNexis Legal & Professional. “The Lexis+ AI platform provides first-of-its-kind tools for lawyers to dramatically improve the speed, quality, and effectiveness of their practice and business.”

Lexis+ AI

Lexis+ AI is a generative AI platform designed to transform legal work. It pairs the unsurpassed Lexis legal content with breakthrough generative AI technology in a way that could redefine how legal research is conducted and legal work product is created. Lexis Nexis Chief Product Officer Jeff Pfeifer explained that Lexis+ AI begins by focusing on the top use cases discovered through interaction with clients, which are drafting, search, and summarization.

Practical Guidance on Generative AI

Lexis Practical Guidance includes practice notes, articles, and analysis concerning the impacts of generative AI throughout the legal profession. The Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) Resource Kit is a collection of comprehensive cross practice area guidance in the areas of Intellectual Property & Technology, Data Security & Privacy, Civil Litigation, Commercial Transactions, Labor & Employment, Healthcare, and Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation. It includes practice notes and articles covering AI’s legal applications, addresses what lawyers need to know about legal ethics, and offers a Judge’s View of Generative AI. To review enacted state and notable local legislation relating to AI, see Artificial Intelligence Legislation State Law Survey. To follow federal, state, and notable municipal legislation related to the use of AI, see Artificial Intelligence Legislation Tracker.

Ethical, Responsible AI

LexisNexis is responsibly developing legal AI solutions with human oversight. LexisNexis, part of RELX, follows the RELX Responsible AI Principles, considering the real-world impact of the company’s solutions on people and taking action to prevent the creation or reinforcement of unfair bias. Walsh notes that “Customers want ethically developed solutions with human oversight that seamlessly integrate with and protect their data.” The company’s commitment to data security and privacy in the legal industry spans more than 50 years. LexisNexis employs thousands of technologists, data scientists, and subject matter experts to develop, test, and validate solutions while delivering comprehensive, accurate information.

Generative AI Insights

As the use of generative AI continues to evolve, we want to understand how it will impact your practice and the future of work. That’s why we’re conducting our LexisNexis 2023 How Generative AI is Shaping the Future of Work Survey. Your insights and opinions will be invaluable to this research. By participating in this survey, you will help us gain a better understanding of the current state of the industry and what the future may hold. Please share your insights anonymously by taking this survey. You may also view previous survey results from the 2023 Generative AI & the Legal Profession survey.

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