I’ve been lately trying to build something similar, where did you acquire case law database to build this tool on top?
replySame question. This is a massive undertaking to do well, and incumbents Lexis and Westlaw gate API behind their own crappy agent. Unsure about vLex or Bloomberg. What’s the scope? U.S. Federal? State? Administrative hearings?
replyPart of the value of the incumbents are the case treatment (Sheparidizing) and case issue categories. The world is due for a disruptor, but sadly court data is terrible to get. Bad formats, paygates, slow publishing times, and in some cases physically going to the courthouses
One problem with AI in law is AI's tendency to hallucinate non-existent cases and invent citations. This should be easy to solve and if you've done so, congratulations.
replyTo vet correctly, you now need a fortune 500 legal department. Good luck.
replyHow exactly do you handle hallucinations? Hallucinations need not just be in the citations, right? And what if there are hallucinations without any citations?
replyThe lawyer can handle hallucinations by reading the underlying case. For example, "Brady exempts the prosecution from turning over embarassing evidence. See, Brady v. Maryland, 373 US 83 (1963)." If you're a lawyer, you know Brady doesn't say this at all. To be sure, you have to read the case. Errors in the citation are like typos. The must still be corrected, but an occasional typo is not the end of the werld.
replyIt’s called grounding and ChatGPT and Gemini both do it by linking the appropriate sources
replyHow do we know it’s not just a crappy wrapper? What’s the difference between just uploading documents into a general purpose LLM and asking it to cite sources?
replyI would also add as feedback that it’s kind of scammy to use the word “open” and “.org” like this when you’re running a for-profit business. It’s not illegal but it feels unethical. Just because OpenAI made fake non-profit status popular doesn’t mean you have to follow that oath.
> This free tier will be subsidized by our enterprise functions
I assume you are not in any way a non-profit organization.
deleted
reply