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Technology & Science

Aug. 7, 2015

Meet ROSS, law firms' new super associate

Will super computers ever become commonplace in law firms around the world? IBM is betting that it will be with the rollout of ROSS - a spinoff of super intelligent computer Watson of Jeopardy! fame - announcing today that ROSS has found its first client: Dentons.


By Steven Crighton


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Working late, a senior partner, stumped by a legal conundrum, finds the answer not
by getting on the phone with his co-counsel or client, but by typing his question
into a super computer that spits out a sophisticated answer within seconds.


Will such a scenario ever be commonplace in law firms around the world? IBM is bett...

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