AI makes quick work of reading and sourcing out information from key legal documents . But ROSS is still likely to be a welcome reprieve for recent grads at BakerHostetler—unless, of course, these young hires are ultimately replaced by AI. Law firm Vanderbilt has formally hired Watson , an artificial intelligence legal researcher in the bankruptcy department as part of partnership with Vanderbilt Law School 's annual conference on law and AI . Due to its success , the firm has announced that other companies are also making plans to sign up to ROSS ' services . ROSS responds to questions from IBM 's Watson computer by analysing billions of documents ; he uses citations and improves more as the inflow of information is registered . Bob Craig , Chief Information Officer at IBM , stated that “ emerging technologies like cognitive computing and other forms of machine learning can help enhance the services we deliver to our clients . "
AI makes quick work of reading and sourcing out information from key legal documents . Law firm Vanderbilt has formally hired Watson , an artificial intelligence legal researcher in the bankruptcy department as part of partnership with Vanderbilt Law School 's annual conference on law and AI . Due to its success , the firm has announced that other companies are also making plans to sign up to ROSS ' services . ROSS responds to questions from IBM 's Watson computer by analysing billions of documents ; he uses citations and improves more as the inflow of information is registered . Bob Craig , Chief Information Officer at IBM , stated that “ emerging technologies like cognitive computing and other forms of machine learning can help enhance the services we deliver to our clients . "