A Prominent Law Firm Employs Robot Attorney

An “artificial-intelligence attorney” is gracing the offices of law firm Baker and Hostetler, and is acting as a resource in the company’s bankruptcy division.

As Gizmodo reports, the robot was built from technology from IBM’s Watson, and functions as an advanced research tool.

The robot, known as “Ross” has the ability to read and can draw inferences from existing laws to answer questions regarding specific cases or guidelines. The human attorneys at the firm will be able to communicate with the robot using natural language, and is expected to save time in cases that require large-scale research.

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