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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Julia Kollewe

Anthropic’s launch of AI legal tool hits shares in European data companies

The Anthropic AI logo on a mobile phone
The launch of the Anthropic legal tool will reignite fears of job losses caused by the AI boom. Photograph: NurPhoto/Getty Images

European publishing and legal software companies have suffered sharp declines in their share prices after the US artificial intelligence startup Anthropic revealed a tool for use by companies’ legal departments.

Anthropic, the company behind the chatbot Claude, said its tool could automate legal work such as contract reviewing, non-disclosure agreement triage, compliance workflows, legal briefings and templated responses.

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