The legal industry was one of the first to be regarded as an area ripe for generative artificial intelligence disruption. After some industry surveys were released about the overwhelming numbers of legal tasks that could be replaced by the technology, many wondered whether the time for robot-lawyers had finally come.
Now a year into this generative AI era, some of these fears have started to dissipate as many have embraced the idea of working alongside the technology, especially in light of the plethora of new generative AI-powered legal tech solutions that have hit the market over the past couple of months.