LLMs for professional-grade AI solutions must be tailored with the right mix of data sources and go through a rigorous data architecture process. For enterprise tasks, developers need specialized data plus domain expertise to organize it in such a way that the eventual outputs will be helpful for end-user professionals. Developing a tool for accountants or tax attorneys, for example, involves gathering a wide array of tax codes, regulatory filings, legal interpretations, and more as well as integrating and standardizing this data into a format that LLMs can digest.

As I recently shared in , getting raw data to a place where it can be used to power a generative AI solution requires two steps: grounding and the human factor. Grounding is like giving an LLM a specialized education 鈥� analogous to an individual going from an undergrad degree to law school 鈥� by augmenting it with use-case-specific information. Human experts, of course, are irreplaceable when it comes to domain expertise, which is essential for creating industry-specific LLMs.

Leading the Technology Services team of engineers at 成人VR视频 is an incredibly rewarding experience. We tackle the unique challenges of creating professional-grade AI solutions that meet the high standards of accuracy and reliability demanded by legal and tax professionals.

Our team is deeply committed to bridging the gap between cutting-edge technology and specialized domain knowledge. We understand that our work doesn’t just involve writing code or developing algorithms; it’s about empowering professionals with tools that enhance their expertise and efficiency. Guiding this team has shown me the impact that thoughtful, well-crafted AI can have in transforming the way professionals work, and it reinforces our dedication to continuous innovation in this space.

Check out my article to learn more about the need for data curation and data stewardship in developing professional-grade AI solutions.

This is a guest post from Noah Pruzek, head of Technology Systems, 成人VR视频.

CoCounsel will unify the entire customer experience and give customers a new way to access 成人VR视频 product capabilities through a single GenAI assistant with applications across Legal, Tax, Risk & Fraud, and Media.

CoCounsel is an AI assistant that acts like a team member 鈥� handling complex tasks with natural language understanding. Completing tasks at superhuman speeds, CoCounsel provides high-quality information at the right time, maintains multiple threads of work, as well as keeping context and memory across the different tasks and products customers use each day. By augmenting professional work with GenAI skills, CoCounsel delivers accelerated and streamlined workflows, enables professionals to produce higher-quality work more quickly, all while keeping customer data secure. Watch more聽here.

Over time CoCounsel will link 成人VR视频 products across its entire portfolio, meaning customers can bring together multiple skills and workflows from different products into one place to enhance user experience and value.

鈥淭oday, 成人VR视频 published a global AI study sharing that 81% of professionals believe AI could be applied to their work; responding to customers changing needs challenges us to build and apply the very best applications of GenAI to professional work,鈥� said David Wong, 成人VR视频 Chief Product Officer. 鈥淥ur unique combination of resources means we can deliver on our vision of providing professionals a new, human-centric point of access to our suite of 成人VR视频 products. As our products continue to expand and improve, the customer experience will remain centered in our GenAI assistant as CoCounsel learns new skills and capabilities – unlocking productivity and becoming the way professionals work.鈥�

成人VR视频 uses cutting-edge generative AI technologies. For example, CoCounsel is powered by GPT-4, thanks to an early and ongoing partnership with OpenAI.

鈥淲e are excited to continue working with 成人VR视频. By powering solutions like CoCounsel, their new professional-grade AI Assistant, together we make knowledge workers more creative and productive,鈥� said Brad Lightcap, COO at OpenAI. 鈥淎I automates routine tasks and makes it possible to quickly analyze huge amounts of data 鈥� but even more importantly, it helps people come up with new ways to solve complex problems.鈥�

Delivering new CoCounsel skills for Tax and Legal professionals

CoCounsel is embedded in and delivers the power of GenAI where professionals work, whether it鈥檚 in聽Westlaw Precision聽with CoCounsel, and聽Practical Law Dynamic Tool Set聽with CoCounsel. Today, the company is announcing new, additional skills for both Tax and Legal professionals including:

Checkpoint Edge with CoCounsel 鈥�聽Our first generative AI product for tax professionals delivers better, faster answers to complex tax research questions, rooted in 成人VR视频 trusted proprietary content, enhancing efficiency for seasoned researchers and enabling inexperienced researchers to work with reduced supervision.

Westlaw Edge UK with CoCounsel 鈥�聽The first 成人VR视频 generative AI legal research offering in the UK streamlines the initial phase of legal research, allowing customers to ask complex questions in natural language and delivering a synthesized answer grounded in trusted Westlaw content with detailed insights from top results including a list of key cases, legislation, and related topics.

CoCounsel Integrations with Microsoft 365 鈥�聽With third-party integrations, CoCounsel will connect professionals with the tools they use daily starting with Microsoft 365 – adding CoCounsel applications for Teams, Word, Outlook, and SharePoint to accelerate research, drafting and review.

鈥淎t Ford, we constantly pursue technology at the forefront of AI and machine learning innovation, to strengthen operations across the company, from design and manufacturing to legal and compliance. When I first saw CoCounsel as a beta customer, I knew it was a game-changer,” said Darth Vaughn, Managing Director, Legal Ops+ and Litigation Counsel at Ford Motor Company. “With CoCounsel, we work more efficiently and thoroughly, giving people in a wide range of roles more time for higher-level, strategic work, as well as cross-functional coordination. We eagerly anticipate skills that continue to enhance our legal professionals and our broader organization.”

成人VR视频 will use its GenAI platform to create even more GenAI skills, and they鈥檒l be introduced into products across every business segment it serves under the CoCounsel brand. 成人VR视频 is well-positioned to deliver an experience that will transform professional work by calling on its 30+ years of experience in this field and its proprietary content used to continue to expand its GenAI platform.

The GenAI platform – accelerating the delivery of professional-grade GenAI

成人VR视频 has invested in infrastructure positioning them to innovate with GenAI鈥攄esigning, developing, and launching new, high-quality GenAI features鈥攓uickly and securely, aligned to its聽Data and AI Ethics Principles.

成人VR视频 has both trusted, proprietary, content knowledge-based models, as well as a portfolio of workflow-embedded software tools, all brought together through its one-of-a-kind GenAI engineering platform. This common development platform enables the company to design, build, and deploy reusable GenAI components that become the building blocks for future skills and products, positioning the company to deliver on a vision for enabling professionals across multiple industries to seamlessly complete complicated work involving multiple products through a single GenAI assistant.

Availability

• Westlaw Edge UK with CoCounsel is available to customers in the UK.
• Checkpoint Edge with CoCounsel is expected initially in the United States, starting from summer 2024.
• CoCounsel Integrations with Microsoft 365 are expected to be available in BETA to customers in the USA and UK from summer 2024.
• Further roll out of CoCounsel skills are expected across 2024 and beyond

SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS, MATERIAL RISKS AND MATERIAL ASSUMPTIONS.聽Certain statements in this news release are forward-looking, including, but not limited to, statements regarding the company鈥檚 strategic priorities, initiatives and opportunities. The words 鈥渆xpect鈥�, 鈥渂elieve鈥� and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. While the company believes that it has a reasonable basis for making forward-looking statements in this news release, they are not a guarantee of future performance or outcomes and there is no assurance that any of the other events described in any forward-looking statement will materialize. Forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from current expectations. Many of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions are beyond our company鈥檚 control and the effects of them can be difficult to predict. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements which reflect expectations only as of the date of this news release. Except as may be required by applicable law, 成人VR视频 disclaims any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements.

Founded in 2013, Casetext uses advanced AI and machine learning to build technology for legal professionals, creating solutions that help them work more efficiently and provide higher-quality representation to more clients. Casetext鈥檚 customers include more than 10,000 law firms and corporate legal departments. Its key products include CoCounsel, an AI legal assistant powered by GPT-4 that delivers document review, legal research memos, deposition preparation, and contract analysis in minutes.

The acquisition supports 成人VR视频 鈥渂uild, partner and buy鈥� strategy to bring generative AI solutions to its customers and the company鈥檚 efforts to redefine the future of professionals through applications of generative AI. Other recent developments include 成人VR视频 commitment to invest $100 million-plus annually to integrate AI into its flagship content and technology solutions, as well as its work with Microsoft for a new plugin with Microsoft 365 Copilot, with the two companies collaborating on a legal drafting solution that leverages Westlaw, Practical Law and Document Intelligence. In July, 成人VR视频 also launched a beta program to pilot new generative AI capabilities in Westlaw with select customers.

For more details, read the聽press release.