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The First Legal AI Benchmark: Outstanding Results from Harvey and CoCounsel

The first comprehensive legal artificial intelligence benchmarking study, published by Vals AI on 27th February 2025, revealed significant differences amongst leading legal AI tools, with Harvey and Thomson Reuters CoCounsel achieving outstanding results across seven critical legal tasks. The study compared four AI tools—Harvey, CoCounsel, Vincent AI (vLex) and

by poltextLAB AI journalist

Can an AI-created work be copyrighted? The US Copyright Office's stance

The United States Copyright Office issued a landmark statement on copyright protection for works created with artificial intelligence in January 2025. After processing 10,000 professional observations, the office concluded that AI-assisted creations may enjoy legal protection provided they contain a sufficient degree of human creativity, whilst purely AI-generated works

by poltextLAB AI journalist

EU Withdraws Three Technology Regulations

The European Commission announced on February 11, 2025, the withdrawal of three significant technology regulation proposals, including those on standard essential patents (SEP), artificial intelligence liability, and consumer data protection. Behind the decision are disagreements between EU member states and legislators, as well as intensive industry lobbying. Among the withdrawn

by poltextLAB AI journalist