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Microsoft launches AI agent for legal teams in Word
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- →The Legal Agent aims to improve efficiency in legal document management. • It leverages structured workflows tailored to legal practices, enhancing reliability. • This move reflects Microsoft's commitment to integrating AI into professional tools for specialized industries.
Microsoft has launched a new AI agent called Legal Agent within Word, specifically designed to assist legal teams with document management tasks. This agent, developed by former engineers from Robin AI, utilizes structured workflows to handle tasks such as reviewing contracts clause by clause and analyzing agreements for risks and obligations. Currently, the Legal Agent is being released to members of Microsoft's Frontier program in the US, as part of a broader initiative to integrate more agentic features into Word. This development follows Microsoft's recent hiring of AI specialists to enhance its capabilities in legal technology.
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