There has been a surge of interest in what generative AI can do. But what does this technology really mean for the legal sector? To find out we must navigate a path between'Death of the Lawyer 2.0' hysteria and those who dismiss the whole thing as a gimmick. Artificial Lawyer looks at what this tech can really do. Generative AI (gen AI), working via Large Language Models such as OpenAI's GPT-3, can do some amazing things.

In another example of the use of generative AI approaches in the legal sector, Toronto-based Rally has launched a GPT-3 based add-in for Word called Spellbook, which is designed to help lawyers with legal drafting. Spellbook's use of OpenAI's GPT-3 large language model, an AI trained on 45 terabytes of data from books and the internet, is further'tuned' on legal datasets for'optimal contracting performance', they explained. Artificial Lawyer was understandably curious to know some more, especially after recently highlighting the work by PatentPal, which uses a non-GPT-3 generative AI model. This site asked Scott Stevenson, CEO of Rally – which provides its core legal management platform to 110 law firms – about how they are leveraging this technology. When did this start and what is Rally?