Harvey launches new generation of legal AI
Harvey has launched Harvey II, a new generation of its technology designed to integrate artificial intelligence more closely into lawyers’ day-to-day workflows.
The platform introduces personalised memory, matter-based workspaces and more advanced legal agents, allowing lawyers to work with AI without having to repeatedly provide background information and instructions.
Harvey II’s Memory function learns individual preferences such as drafting style, tone, structure and citation standards, and applies them across Harvey, Microsoft Word and Outlook. Users retain control over the information stored and can review, modify or disable the feature. Harvey said Memory data will not be used to train its global language models.
Spaces and legal agents
The platform also introduces Spaces, which organise documents, tasks, permissions and activity around specific matters. Legal agents can then use this context to perform more complex tasks and follow predefined workflows.
Harvey said the new platform was developed through six months of testing with leading law firms and in-house legal teams across the US, UK, Europe, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific, with a focus on confidentiality, permissions and ethical walls.
The rollout of Memory will take place in three stages, beginning with individual preferences, followed by matter- and team-level capabilities and, ultimately, organisational-level memory for law firms and legal departments.
