Law & Order: Digital Intent

In the criminal justice system, offenders of all kinds rely on legal representation. At the bankruptcy division for U.S. law firm BakerHostetler, the latest lawyer to join their team is unlike none ever seen before. This is his story.

Meet ROSS, the latest creation from IBM. Built with the assistance of the company’s Watson cognitive system, ROSS is the world’s first artificially intelligent lawyer. Designed to understand language and develop hypotheses when posed legal questions, ROSS provides answers and subsequently draws conclusions backed up by the necessary references and citations.

While ROSS’s arrival on the legal scene certainly won’t spell the beginning of the end for human lawyers, he will certainly make their case work easier.

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