TechnologyAI opens the door to the legal sector: Allen & Overy will introduce a tool similar to ChatGPT in Spain that will help its...

AI opens the door to the legal sector: Allen & Overy will introduce a tool similar to ChatGPT in Spain that will help its lawyers

Much has been said in recent weeks about AI, OpenAI, ChatGPT and the possibilities of automatic text generators to change sectors such as education or communication. Many forgot the legal field as a sector susceptible to live a quick revolution. The latest movements, however, invite to change some forecasts.

Although the general public is still accustomed to imagining judges, prosecutors and lawyers surrounded by tons of paperwork, the truth is that the legal sector has spent decades making notable efforts to digitize and streamline its processes.

As a result of this idea, more and more large law firms are encouraged not only to follow the latest technological trends, but to be pioneers when it comes to testing certain tools if they consider that they can better compete to win clients.

The latest example of this was offered this Wednesday by Allen & Overy, an international law firm that is introducing an artificial intelligence chatbot globally, as announced by the Financial Times and as the company has explained in a statement.

As he has been able to confirm Business Insider Spain from company sources This innovation will also arrive in Spain in a matter of monthsand the idea is that by the end of this year it will be possible to work with it with a certain normality.

For now, the firm explains, some Spanish lawyers have been part of the advance group of 3,500 lawyers with whom the company has been testing this AI since last November.

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This time has served so that, after formulating more than 40,000 queries, the firm has finally decided to take the leap. With a presence in more than 30 countries, Allen & Overy has had offices in Spain since 1991.

Similar to the well-known ChatGPT, the AI ​​will receive the name of Harvey and will allow lawyers, among many other tasks, to draft contracts and summarize pages and pages of jurisprudence in just a few lines. The tool has the advantage that it has been specifically trained with legal texts, which makes it a specialized advisor.

“I have been at the forefront of legal technology for 15 years, but never seen anything like harvey. You can work in multiple languages ​​and in multiple areas, offering unprecedented efficiency and intelligence. In our trial, we saw some surprising results,” said David Wakeling, the firm’s head of innovation and market development.

Wim Dejonghe, a partner at the firm, was equally enthusiastic: “This announcement marks a new era for Allen & Overy and the legal industry. Harvey AI is not just another platform, but a third-party change that will allow us to deliver value, unprecedented efficiency and innovation to our clients. We are proud to be the first law firm to partner with Harvey AI.”

It comes, remember the Financial Timesat least from the first known use of this technology within what is called the magic circle of London, a group of prestigious law firms that are the ones who usually distribute the main operations of the City. Allen & Overy is part of this select magic circle.

The staff cuts and the “hallucinations”, the main shadows of Harvey

The first fear of many when talking about the potential arrival of this type of technology is the loss of jobs. This is more than an unfounded fear: in the communication sector, for example, there are already media such as BuzzFeed testing how the AI ​​works as a writer.

Wakeling wanted to overcome these misgivings by clarifying to the Financial Times that the arrival of the tool “is not about cutting costs or dispensing with anyone, but about adopting an intelligent way of working and saving time at all levels”.

Harvey, explains the firm, will therefore not be accompanied by any reduction in staff or a lower number of hours billed. On the other hand, although the company has not wanted to specify how much it will cost to implement it, they do hope that it will save energy and resources at least over time.

The second big drawback of AI is none other than what is known in the AI ​​world as “hallucinations”, moments in which the machine tends to fill in some blank space in the information with data of your own invention.

The question, say the experts, is not trivial precisely in the legal world, where precision is essential to the point that the use of one word instead of another can give validity or not to the clause of a contract under certain circumstances, For example.

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This is why, as Wakeling has also explained, lawyers will be warned that they must verify both the facts referred to by the AI ​​and any information generated by Harvey. This essentially means that nothing that comes out of the chatbot will necessarily be considered good until it gets the green light from one of its experts.

The main objective of the robot, therefore, rather than replacing anyone’s work, will be to produce basic drafts of certain types of documents. With them, lawyers will have a starting point on which to prepare their cases. “In this way, they save time on paperwork and can focus on providing value-added services aimed at anticipating customer needs,” the company clarifies.

The AI ​​is not going to put on the robe, and it is more than possible that it never will. However, it is preparing to be an effective helper.

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