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Chinese AI and chip firms surge in onshore IPOs
Chinese artificial intelligence and semiconductor companies are driving a rebound in domestic initial public offerings. What's fueling the shift and which sectors are leading the comeback.
Samsung plans $648B AI investment as South Korea races to compete
Samsung is preparing a massive capital deployment to catch up in AI infrastructure. The bet signals how geopolitical competition is reshaping regional tech spending priorities.
Jamendo sues Nvidia over AI training on unlicensed music
Music licensing company Jamendo filed suit against Nvidia, alleging the chipmaker used its catalog to train AI models without permission. The case marks a growing wave of copyright claims against AI developers.
China's 360 Says It Built Tools to Match Anthropic's Mythos
360, a major Chinese cybersecurity firm, claims it has developed capabilities comparable to Anthropic's Mythos framework. No independent verification or technical details have been published.
Centari Tracks Deal Changes Across Amendments, Not Just Single Documents
Centari launched Amendment Awareness and Deal Maps to help transactional lawyers follow how agreements evolve and connect. Both features move beyond single-document review to reasoning across entire closing sets.
Legal Tech Vendors Must Win AI Search, Not Google Search
LawNext podcast: two marketing chiefs explain why legal tech vendors now compete for mentions inside ChatGPT and Claude answers, not first-page Google rankings. How earned media and third-party credibility became the new SEO.
Thomson Reuters Rebuilds CoCounsel With Its Own Legal LLM
Thomson Reuters opened early access to a rebuilt CoCounsel powered by Anthropic's Claude and backed by its proprietary Thomson model. The company claims it is the only legal AI meeting 'fiduciary-grade' standards.
Abstract Adds AI Agents to Handle Legal Work After Regulatory Alerts
Abstract Workers automate follow-up tasks for law firms after legislative alerts arrive: drafting memos, updating trackers, filing documents. The service handles setup and deployment so customers avoid building agents themselves.
Sapphire Legal Isolates AI Per Client to Block Data Leaks for Fractional GCs
Brett Wilson bootstrapped a legal OS that spins up separate LLMs, databases, and encryption keys for each client—eliminating the data-pooling risk that disqualifies competitors for lawyers managing multiple firms.
Baker McKenzie CINO: Avoid single-vendor AI lock-in for law firms
Baker McKenzie's chief innovation officer Ben Allgrove argues law firms must stay agile by working with multiple AI vendors and models rather than betting long-term on one provider. Here's why control over your orchestration layer matters more than consolidation.
Shoosmiths deploys AI contract reviewer trained on its own deal expertise
UK law firm Shoosmiths launched Project Apollo, a generative AI tool built with Microsoft that explains contract changes by referencing the firm's playbooks. Designed to teach junior lawyers why changes matter, not just what changed.
Harvey's agent maps 20-step merger tax analysis with 130 source citations
Harvey demonstrated an agentic workflow for corporate merger tax planning, generating a 25-page memorandum with line-level citations tied to England and Wales legal sources. The agent flags high-risk steps and outputs three work products: Word, PowerPoint, and interactive HTML.