Ropes & Gray is building a custom AI diligence tool in partnership with OpenAI, targeting the document-heavy transactional work that consumes associate hours at scale. The system groups documents, generates summaries, and produces reports that lawyers review before advising clients.
The workflow matters more than the headline. Attorneys are not replaced. They are repositioned as reviewers of AI output rather than first-pass readers of raw documents. That shift in the legal labor model is the story worth reading for.
The full piece details how a major firm is operationalizing OpenAI technology inside an actual deal process, not a sandbox. If you work in legal tech, M&A, or AI deployment in regulated industries, the implementation specifics are what you need.
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