Extract from Petra Pasternak’s article “AJ Shankar Shares What’s Next for GenAI and the Law in Live AMA Discussion”
Generative AI is reshaping legal practice, with lawyers and other legal professionals increasingly reporting time savings and productivity gains. Tools like EverlawAI Assistant are helping legal teams approach litigation and other data-intensive matters in vastly more efficient ways. Everlaw Founder and CEO AJ Shankar recently addressed advancements in GenAI capabilities at an “Ask Me Anything” community roundtable, where he provided his perspective on the state of the legal industry and what the future holds for ediscovery.
In the AMA discussion, AJ answered member questions about how document review may evolve and what professionals need to consider for responsible use of GenAI. Attendees also got a preview of upcoming Everlaw features, including the new EverlawAI Deep Dive tool (formerly known as Project Query), available in open beta since Aug. 12, which helps users quickly analyze large document sets by asking questions in plain language and getting answers with citations to easily verify information.
[Ed. Note: AMAs, community roundtables, and other events are exclusive to members of the Everlaw Ediscovery Community. To join, sign up here. The following highlights have been edited for clarity and brevity.]
What are the top development priorities for Everlaw in the next couple of years?
Number one is to ensure that our core discovery workflows remain at the very cutting edge. By that I mean the ones that help you ingest, review, and produce data. Number two is to continue to invest in other, adjacent product areas key for litigation and investigations success. For example, we’re making a ton of improvements to our narrative-building feature, Storybuilder, over the next couple of years, as well as legal holds, and collections from modern data sources.
