Recently, the Silicon Valley-based international law firm Gunderson Dettmer, consisting of over 400 lawyers representing clients exclusively in the innovation economy, launched a generative AI chat app – ChatGD. The firm claims to be unique in its endeavor, being the first US-based law firm developing a proprietary internal tool utilizing generative AI technology.
The groundbreaking AI app, ChatGD, was designed and created in-house by the legal professionals at Gunderson Dettmer. The tool has been introduced to assist its lawyers and legal professionals immensely in their day-to-day operations.
In a recent episode of LawNext, Joe Green, the firm’s chief innovation officer and counsel, and John Scrudato, the legal engineering and data strategy manager of the firm, shared insights into the development of ChatGD. You can learn more about Joe Green here and John Scrudato here.
Green and Scrudato comprehensively explained the reason behind the creation of its proprietary generative AI app, its functionalities, its usage for legal professionals, and the initial reception by lawyers who have tried the new tool.
According to the development team, the entire process of creating the application served as a learning opportunity, both for the firm and the lawyers involved. Generative AI, a quickly emerging technology, will likely impact drastically legal professionals and their clients. ”We view this whole stage as very experimental and learning-oriented,” Green mentioned in the interview. ”This is about getting the tool in the hands of lawyers in a secure way, enabling them to extract real value out of it.”