b'Local Government Lawyer 26in Lexus+, which is LexisNexiss non-AI- answers link back to LexisNexiss own content,programme are used to train the AI models assisted legal research platform. so that you can always check where theand any documents fed into the programme Similar to mainstream AI products likeanswers come from. are only kept in the system for the length of ChatGPT, Lexis+ AI is centred around a chatIn addition, the programme checks thethe session and will be deleted shortly after page, where the user can type requests, askauthenticity of each link it provides the user,the session has ended, she adds. questions and upload documents for theWaldron says. These features have led to private practice programme to analyse.So its not going to make up the case or aand in-house legal teams adopting software However, to make it more intuitive,piece of legislation, because itll already havelike Lexis + AI with relish and at increasing LexisNexis has included suggestions forchecked and found that document and linkedrates.questions to askotherwise known asThe latest figures from LexisNexis show prompt tipsas well as buttons for fourLocal government legalthat the number of legal professionals at firms feature tasks that let the user ask aand in-house teams already using AI tripled in question, generate a draft, summariseprofessionals generallyjust over a year, from 11% in July 2023 to 41% a case or upload to summarise or askin September 2024.questions. feel secure in their roles,So why has local governments embrace of A lot of development time has also beenthe technology been so slow?spent stamping out the commonly-knownwith only 7% fearing job issues with AI products, namely the fabricationWhere council legal departments stand of incorrect informationotherwise known asloss due to AI adoption. on AI adoptionhallucinatingand data security issues. The local government sectors general On hallucination, Waldron says: Weto it. approach to legal technology might offer some wouldnt claim for a second that this neverMeanwhile, on data security, she notesclues on why departments have been so slow hallucinates because no one can guarantee athat any documents uploaded to theto adopt AI platforms. total lack of hallucination, but instances of it inprogrammewitness statements, for instanceLooking back on over a decade of surveys our testing are very rare.are highly secure, encrypted, and private. conducted by Local Government Lawyer, legal She adds that all of the programmesNone of the files a user uploads to theprofessionals have repeatedly reported low'