In-house lawyers are testing technology that could transform their futures
Japanese investment group SoftBank is betting big on artificial intelligence. Late last year, its chief executive Masayoshi Son predicted the next decade would see rapid advances in the power of AI to complete a wide range of cognitive tasks.
“Saying ‘don’t use AI’ is like saying, ‘don’t drive a car or use electricity’,” said Son, as he exhorted an audience of Japanese corporate clients to “take advantage of it — or be left behind”.