Ministers pledge £1m to help lawyers use artificial intelligence

Whitehall is to spend £1 million researching how developments in artificial intelligence can boost productivity in the legal profession. The cash is part of a bundle of £3 million in funding that targets technological advancements across insurance and other financial services as well as the law, with the money being split equally between the three areas. Ministers from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy said that the research project would study "how AI can be put to use in legal services and how to unlock its potential for good". The project would involve academics, lawyers, businesses and programmers to develop skills, training and codes of practice. "The team will gather best practices across the world, outline data challenges, identify where and how AI…