City law firm Shoosmiths launches Microsoft-led AI tool for junior lawyers Legal City law firm Shoosmiths has launched a generative AI tool built with tech giant Microsoft to assist junior lawyers firm-wide in reviewing contracts. The firm said the tool is trained on insight from lawyers at Shoosmiths, including from its M&A practice, and follows a year-long pilot and building programme with Microsoft to enable junior lawyers [...]
Exclusive: Deliveroo software engineers hand coding to AI agents Tech Deliveroo software engineers are almost fully letting AI agents write their code, with one employee telling City AM they have barely coded manually for almost a year as the food delivery giant embraces ‘agentic’ workflows. The London-listed firm is among a growing number of tech firms rapidly evolving software engineering roles around AI, as developers [...]
Will you lose your job to AI? This tool could give you a clue AI A new online tool promises to show workers how exposed their job is to AI, as debate intensifies over how the technology will reshape the labour market. The platform, launched by career intelligence startup Somethingelse, allows users to test their role against an analysis of more than 5,000 jobs. It measures how much of each [...]
Anthropic’s new AI legal tool wipes billions off European data stocks February 3, 2026 Shares in Europe’s biggest data, publishing and legal software groups slumped after AI giant Anthropic unveiled a new tool aimed directly at in-house lawyers. The move rattled investors who had long viewed the sector as an AI winner. In London, Relx fell close to 11 per cent, while Pearson dropped around four per cent. London [...]