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LexisNexis has rolled out the next generation of its Prot\u00e9g\u00e9 General AI. It now delivers a range of updated and expanded skills. This includes:<\/p>\n
\u2018Unified answers across multiple content sources: With combined insights from customer legal documents, open web search, and LexisNexis comprehensive legal content, Prot\u00e9g\u00e9 simplifies legal work in a seamless experience. Prot\u00e9g\u00e9 General AI guides the user to authoritative Legal AI when appropriate, based on the nature of the user\u2019s question or task.<\/p>\n
Best Fit mode with user control: An intelligent model switcher selects the optimal AI model for the user\u2019s task by default, or users can manually choose their preferred model.<\/p>\n
Trusted citations: Shepard\u2019s Citation checks and labeled sources let legal professionals work with confidence.<\/p>\n
Flexible source selection: Users can choose to ground Prot\u00e9g\u00e9 responses in all or any combination of LexisNexis, web, and customer content.<\/p>\n
Advanced reasoning and Deep Research capabilities: Users can address high-complexity legal problems and toggle Deep Research capabilities for even more advanced reasoning.<\/p>\n
Security and Privacy by Design: The fully encrypted Lexis+ AI environment ensures enterprise-grade data privacy protections for confident access to general purpose models.<\/p>\n
Streamlined experience: A simplified interface keeps questions, sources, citations, and drafts together for a more efficient, transparent workflow.\u2019<\/p>\n
Sean Fitzpatrick, CEO, LexisNexis North America, UK, and Ireland, commented: \u2018Legal professionals want one trusted legal AI workflow solution. Only LexisNexis can bring together agentic intelligence, customer documents, open web insights, and our authoritative content to produce next-level legal drafts and work output backed by Shepard\u2019s.\u2019<\/p>\n
This next-generation release arrives shortly after the October commercial launch of Prot\u00e9g\u00e9 General AI.<\/p>\n
AL asked Lexis what is specifically different to what came before. They said: \u2018There are several key updates from the initial launch of Prot\u00e9g\u00e9 General AI:<\/p>\n
Underlying platform with a\u00a0new Agentic infrastructure\u00a0that lets AI agents collaborate and reason through complex legal AI workflows that demand broad understanding from\u00a0diverse data sources. Agents can dynamically plan, follow\u00a0multi-step workflows and handle complex problems without losing context. This is an evolution of traditional RAG-based systems.<\/p>\n
General AI now handles diverse data sources including\u00a0LexisNexis content\u00a0+ open web content + customer content. The user can select the content source.<\/p>\n
\u201cBest Fit\u201d mode that automatically selects the best model for the user\u2019s task.<\/p>\n
Or, user can choose the\u00a0latest available general-purpose model\u00a0\u2013 including latest models from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google and others as they become available.<\/p>\n
Users are empowered with choice through the entire experience \u2013 either automated or manual model choice as well as the content source \u2013 for next-level legal drafts and work output. In other words \u2013 it\u2019s the most integrated AI workflow solution now for legal professionals.\u2019<\/p>\n
So, there you go.<\/p>\n
If you haven\u2019t bought a Christmas gift for your law firm yet, here\u2019s something to consider as a stocking filler\u2026!<\/p>\n