The world's first artificially intelligent attorney, Ross, has been hired by its first official law firm- Baker & Hostetler. Other firms will shortly be making their announcements on hiring Ross as well. The law firm Baker & Hostetler have announced they will be hiring the world's first artificially intelligent attorney, Ross, for its bankruptcy practice- where almost 50 lawyers are employed. According to Baker & Hostetler's CEO and co-founder Andrew Arruda, other law firms have also signed licenses with Ross and will soon be making their announcements as well. Baker & Hostetler chief information officer Bob Craig explains why they hired the AI: "At BakerHostetler, we believe that emerging technologies like cognitive computing and other forms of machine learning can help enhance the services we deliver to our clients."

Andrew Arruda describes himself as an entrepreneur, strategist and leader, with nearly a decade of experience in the legal industry. He is also a licensed attorney, who "knows the ins and outs of the legal profession and aims to forever change the way legal services are delivered". He plans to do this through ROSS Intelligence, which he co-founded in 2014. ROSS is "the world's first artificially intelligent attorney", built using IBM's Watson. It understands natural language legal questions and provides expert answers instantly, along with other relevant information – cutting down substantially on legal research time and energy. Prior to ROSS Intelligence, Arruda worked at Toronto litigation boutique, Azevedo & Nelson, and with the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development in Portugal.

The future of legal research assistance lawyers is zero. The job will soon vanish for all practical purposes. Futurism reports "Ross, the world's first artificially intelligent attorney, has its first official law firm. Baker & Hostetler announced that they will be employing Ross for its bankruptcy practice, currently comprised of almost 50 lawyers." Please consider Artificially Intelligent Lawyer "Ross" Has Been Hired By Its First Official Law Firm.

For those thinking of law school, keep in mind that technology may revolutionize the profession before you earn that J.D. In the research-driven, labor-intensive legal profession, the age-old question of man vs. machine is being answered as some law firms have begun to use an "artificially intelligent attorney" to research and hash out legal issues – a trend that legal minds predict will displace some human lawyers. Called ROSS, the robot lawyer uses IBM's cognitive computer program Watson to learn from experience to gain speed when answering legal questions, according to its creators. It can read through the entire body of law to return a cited answer, monitor the law to recognize other court decisions that could affect the case at hand, and even glean conclusions from more than one billion legal documents per second, they add. Its creation comes on the heels of a 2014 analysis that predicted artificial intelligence will cause "structural collapse" of law firms by 2030. As for the robo-lawyer, one law professor said the technology will displace some workers.

IBM's voice-recognition AI ROSS,' powered by the Watson supercomputer, has just landed a position at New York law firm Baker & Hostetler handling the firm's bankruptcy practice.

IBM's technology has won Jeopardy, managed companies and is now practicing law. ROSS, 'the world's first artificially intelligent attorney' powered by Watson, recently landed a position at New York law firm Baker & Hostetler handling the firm's bankruptcy practice. The machine is designed to understand language, provide answers to questions, formulate hypotheses and monitor developments in the legal system. IBM's technology has won Jeopardy, managed companies and is now practicing law. ROSS, 'the world's first artificially intelligent attorney' powered by Watson, has just landed a position at New York law firm Baker & Hostetler handling the firm's bankruptcy practice Lawyers ask ROSS research questions in natural language, just like they were talking to a colleague, and the AI'reads' through the law, gathers evidence, draws inferences and returns with a'highly relevant', evidence-based answer.

Baker & Hostetler is the first law firm to announce that it will use a ground-breaking artificial intelligence product for legal research. The law firm will license Ross Intelligence in its bankruptcy practice, report the Am Law Daily (sub. The research product uses IBM's Watson technology, which is designed to get smarter as it is used. Ross responds to lawyers' questions in natural language by reading through the law, gathering evidence and drawing inferences. The program learns from the lawyers who use it to refine its search results.

IBM's technology has won Jeopardy, managed companies and is now practicing law. ROSS, 'the world's first artificially intelligent attorney' powered by Watson, recently landed a position at New York law firm Baker & Hostetler handling the firm's bankruptcy practice. The machine is designed to understand language, provide answers to questions, formulate hypotheses and monitor developments in the legal system. IBM's technology has won Jeopardy, managed companies and is now practicing law. ROSS, 'the world's first artificially intelligent attorney' powered by Watson, has just landed a position at New York law firm Baker & Hostetler handling the firm's bankruptcy practice Lawyers ask ROSS research questions in natural language, just like they were talking to a colleague, and the AI'reads' through the law, gathers evidence, draws inferences and returns with a'highly relevant', evidence-based answer.

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Baker & Hostetler is the first law firm to announce that it will use a ground-breaking artificial intelligence product for legal research. The law firm will license Ross Intelligence in its bankruptcy practice, report the Am Law Daily (sub. The research product uses IBM's Watson technology, which is designed to get smarter as it is used. Ross responds to lawyers' questions in natural language by reading through the law, gathering evidence and drawing inferences. The program learns from the lawyers who use it to refine its search results.