OpenAI launches legal-focused AI platform, escalating race for law firm users

We can rate this software by how many get disbarred.

Too many lawyers already do half-assed work, and they have already been doing it faster with LLMs. Laymen usually won’t know the difference.

If specialist skills and tools can lead to less shoddy results in spite of endemic human incompetence or similar, it will be better for the average consumer of legal services.

And in the hands of competent and engaged lawyers, better tools are a huge boon.

A game changer (already) is that laymen can often now avoid lawyers altogether as complex laws, contractual terms and procedures can now often be explained in plain english/dutch/swahili by chatbots, helping them to make better and timely decisions.

Note: This is a world-wide phenomenon, with judges, paralegals, prosecutors, police, and end users also reaching for or being impacted by AI these days.