Thomson Reuters has launched Thomson, its first proprietary large language model, giving the company greater control over the technology powering its professional AI products. Developed in-house and funded with an investment of $40 million, Thomson begins with an open-source foundation that Thomson Reuters further trained using its proprietary content and domain expertise. That process drew […]
NLPatent Rebrands as Clerq, Expands Into Agentic Patent Workflows
Toronto-based patent intelligence company NLPatent has rebranded as Clerq, reflecting its evolution from an AI-powered research platform into a system that can complete patent research assignments from start to finish. CEO and co-founder Stephanie Curcio announced the new identity on LinkedIn, explaining that NLPatent will remain the underlying intelligence and patent-specific model powering the platform. […]
Beyond the AI Pilot: ClearyX’s Caitriona Robinson on the Future of Legal Service Delivery
As generative AI moves from experimentation into everyday legal work, in-house teams are discovering that technology alone does not solve the service-delivery challenge. They need greater speed, cost control and visibility—without compromising the accuracy, expertise and trust on which legal work depends. In response, the traditional boundaries between law firms, alternative legal service providers and […]
DeepJudge Opens Legal AI Handoff Protocol as Harvey and Thomson Reuters Sign On
An open specification aims to let lawyers carry active work between specialized AI platforms without rebuilding prompts or uploading the same files again. DeepJudge has introduced an open protocol designed to help legal professionals move a task from one artificial intelligence platform to another while preserving the context needed to continue the work. The Zurich-based […]
Borderless AI Wants to Make Global Compliance Work Like Infrastructure
For companies building international teams, finding the right person can be easier than figuring out how to employ them. Each new market introduces unfamiliar employment laws, worker-classification rules, entity requirements and statutory deadlines. Large enterprises can turn to in-house legal departments and networks of local counsel. Smaller companies are often left coordinating law firms, consultants […]