The first day of Legalweek 2024 showed that the industry has matured at an unprecedented pace over the last couple of months, whether it be with legal professionals continuing to explore generative AI-powered solutions or vendors working to release new secure, sophisticated features.

‘I Just Want to Ask A Question’

For many legal technology vendors, ChatGPT solved a yearslong issue: getting legal professionals to experiment with emerging technologies. Overall, over a year since OpenAI’s chatbot was first released, many see its effect on the legal industry as positive, having spurred curiosity, excitement and thoughtful explorations of its legal use cases.