The world’s first AI legal assistant | Andrew Arruda | TED Institute @tedinstitute
The world’s first AI legal assistant | Andrew Arruda | TED Institute  @tedinstitute
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As a lawyer, Andrew Arruda too often saw the scales of justice tip in favor of the wealthy and partnered with a computer scientist to create the world’s first artificially intelligent legal assistant, ROSS. By speeding up legal research, Arruda wants ROSS to make the practice of law cheaper and fulfill the original promise of “justice for all.”

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