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Thomson Reuters boosts legal agent accuracy with tools over training

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Thomson Reuters has significantly improved its CoCounsel legal agent by prioritizing the integration of domain-specific tools over extensive model training. By equipping the agent with tools like the Litigation Document Analyzer and a citation ledger, its one-shot question-answering accuracy increased from approximately 25% to over 70%. This approach, detailed by Joel Hron, CTO of Thomson Reuters, leverages the Claude Agent SDK and also incorporates models from OpenAI and Google, with a focus on grounding agent claims in verified sources to prevent fabricated citations. AI

IMPACT Prioritizing tool integration over extensive model training for specialized agents can accelerate deployment and improve accuracy in domain-specific applications.

RANK_REASON The article discusses an improvement to an existing AI product (CoCounsel) through the integration of tools and specific instructions, rather than a novel model release or foundational research.

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Thomson Reuters boosts legal agent accuracy with tools over training

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  1. dev.to — LLM tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Conor Bronsdon ·

    Tools before training for a domain legal agent

    <p>Give the agent its domain tools and a citation check before you spend a training run on a custom model. On CoCounsel Bench, <a href="https://chainofthought.show/guests/joel-hron/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Joel Hron</a> said the prior CoCounsel answered about 25% of questions …

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