An AI just beat top lawyers at their own game

The nation’s top lawyers recently battled artificial intelligence in a competition to spot errors in contracts — and they lost. 

A new study, conducted by legal AI platform LawGeex in consultation with law professors from Stanford University, Duke University School of Law, and University of Southern California, pitted twenty experienced lawyers against an AI trained to evaluate legal contracts. 

Competitors were given four hours to review five non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) and identify 30 legal issues, including arbitration, confidentiality of relationship, and indemnification. They were scored by how accurately they identified each issue.  Read more…

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Source: Mashable | An AI just beat top lawyers at their own game