enerative artificial intelligence (AI) will shape the future of the legal sector, but its application will be dependent on a trustworthy knowledge repository, says Carlos Garca-Egocheaga, Chief Executive Officer at Lexsoft Systems. The functionality of generative AI will be underpinned by its ability to process natural language on provided data to deliver precise results and outcomes, however, the AI application does not comprehend legal concepts in the questions it answers nor does it understand the words or output it generates. Consequently, the CEO emphasised that the use of this technology requires expertise within the legal sector to validate the outputs the generative AI tool produces.
The generative AI tool has its intrinsic value and will be beneficial to those who understand its underlying mechanics. It can aid in refining thought processes to reach the desired goal. The same query can be issued in various ways, with the AI tool offering different responses. Lawyers can receive varying outputs to identical questions, depending on the documents they have authorisation to access.
Microsoft’s role in facilitating the adoption of generative AI, including compliance and confidentiality, will be pivotal. Legal professionals utilising generative AI to prepare reports for clients or third parties will need to ensure compliance with data protection and data privacy regulations. Microsoft’s Azure security policy guarantees that data residing in individual organisations’ cloud tenants are not externally shared. Therefore, law firms will only be permitted to use data within their own cloud tenants, as the case was when data resided within companies’ networks.
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