Gen AI cut lawyers’ drafting time in half, UK’s Ashurst says

Generative AI Cut Lawyers’ Drafting Time in Half, Ashurst Says

Lawyers at Ashurst, a UK-based law firm, conducted a wide-ranging test of artificial intelligence and the results appear to justify the claims of legal tech proponents who tout big efficiency gains—but with a ways to go.

Ashurst lawyers using generative AI were able to write the first draft of briefs in about half the time it took them on their own, according to the firm’s five-month experiment involving more than 400 staff. The firm found output produced by generative AI was at least as legally correct as a human lawyer’s ...