Should law firms build, rather than buy, their own specialist LLMs?

What happens when you build a large language model that only has to be exceptional at one thing? In this episode of "Clarity on Tech," Alexander Kardos-Nyheim, Head of Thomson Reuters Labs, explains why Thomson Reuters built its own legal-focused foundation model, Thomson, instead of simply licensing capability from the frontier AI labs, and what that means for professionals who depend on AI they can trust.

What happens when a legal department and its outside counsel stop working as separate teams and start operating as one? In this episode of "Clarity", Norie Campbell, Chief Legal Officer of Thomson Reuters, Jen Ruddick, Deputy General Counsel at Thomson Reuters, and Matt Peters, Head of Transformation at McCarthy Tétrault, explore how shared AI-powered playbooks can reduce friction, accelerate legal work, and create stronger partnerships between in-house teams and law firms.

Within two to three years, accountants may no longer be preparing tax returns or financial statements. So what will your firm be doing instead? In this episode of "Clarity", Nadya Britton, tax insights and strategy lead at the Thomson Reuters Institute, speaks with Allan Koltin, CEO of Koltin Consulting, and Brian Koltin, Chief Corporate Development Officer, about how AI and private equity are reshaping tax & accounting firms, and the pressure on partner compensation, the new race for talent, and what firms should do now to secure their future.

In our latest "Clarity on Tech" podcast, Natalie Runyon, Content Strategist for the Human Side of AI at the Thomson Reuters Institute, sits down with Dr. Gleb Tsipursky, CEO of Disaster Avoidance Experts and author of "The Psychology of AI Adoption at Work: From Resistance to Results", to explore why AI initiatives succeed or fail based on human psychology rather than technology, and what leaders can do to close the gap between strategy and results.

In our latest "Clarity" podcast, Rabihah Butler, content strategist for risk, fraud, compliance, government and courts at the Thomson Reuters Institute, sits down with Stephanie Macrafic, Vice President of the ACFE Twin Cities Chapter and Strategic Advisor at RiskScout, to examine and critically assess why BSA/AML and fraud teams need to work together to prevent fraud more effectively and reduce costs for businesses and customers.

In our latest Clarity podcast, Natalie Runyon, Content Strategist for the Human Side of AI at the Thomson Reuters Institute, sits down with Jonah Perlin, Professor of Law in the Legal Practice at Georgetown Law, to unpack whether generative AI is eroding legal writing and research skills or exposing how those skills should have been taught all along.

In the latest episode of Clarity on Tech, Eric Berg, VP, Chief Compliance Officer and Associate General Counsel at IDEX Corporation, sits with TRI's Zach Warren at the recent Future of AI & Technology Forum, and discusses what corporate clients expect from their firms around AI, and how firms can demonstrate an entrepreneurial streak in their approach.

In the latest episode of our Clarity podcast, the Thomson Reuters Institute's Rabihah Butler sits down with David Sanford, Chairman and Co-founder at law firm Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight, to talk through his thoughts on corporate executive transitions, and the accompanying red flags, rules agreements, and emotional sensitivity issues.

Damien Weinstein, co-founder and managing partner of law firm Weinstein & Klein, speaks with the Thomson Reuters Institute's Zach Warren about how lawyers can stand out and succeed even when clients are beginning to ask legal questions of AI platforms.

Valerie McConnell, Vice President in Solutions Engineering at Thomson Reuters, speaks with the Thomson Reuters Institute's Zach Warren to break down where human intervention will remain necessary even as AI's capabilities to draft legal briefs and other documents are ever increasing.