First came the outsourcing of legal work once done by U.S. lawyers to cheaper foreign counterparts.
Now, it appears, would-be BigLaw associates may also have to compete with artificial intelligence applications in the foreseeable future.
Megafirm Dentons and some major U.S. law firms have agreed to train Ross, a so-called artificially intelligent attorney developed by students at the University of Toronto, in U.S. bankruptcy law, reports the Globe and Mail.
Using IBM’s Watson computer, which made headlines as a winning contestant on the TV show Jeopardy! in 2011, Ross scans documents and case law and offers answers to legal research questions.
