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The Scaling Europe Top 50 is a data-led ranking for startups based in Europe. Four legal AI companies made the list this year: Legora, Wordsmith, Curvestone, and LawHive (which is broadly a NewMod). N

Soren, which is backed by Y Combinator, has launched what it calls ‘private AI’ aimed at regulated sectors that deal with highly sensitive information. They specifically name lawyers as one of their t

Microsoft has well and truly entered legal tech with its Legal Agent – see previous AL story. So, why does this matter? Well, Anthropic’s entry into legal tech, via a series of increasingly intentiona

Our new research demonstrates a novel approach to assess “future-ready” skills using GenAI. The results of our study with New York University found the AI scoring to be on par with human experts. This

To address the scarcity of data required for specialized AI, we introduce Simula, a framework that reframes synthetic data generation as dataset-level mechanism design. By using reasoning to architect

Generating synthetic neuron geometries helps AI learn to better classify neurons by their shape, speeding up future brain map reconstructions. Quick links Paper MoGen model Connectomics website Share

ReasoningBank is a novel agent memory framework that uses successful and failed experiences to distill generalizable reasoning strategies, enabling an agent to continuously learn from experience after

Image from AI Index Report. Reproduced under CC BY-ND 4.0 licence. The ninth edition of the Artificial Intelligence Index Report was published on 13 April 2026. Released on a yearly basis, the aim of

Ace rotates its paddle as it prepares to return the ball back to its human opponent, Yamato Kawamata, during a match in December 2025. Credit: Sony AI. In an article published today in Nature, Sony AI

Maryna Viazovska. Credit: EPFL 2026. The proofs that earned EPFL professor Maryna Viazovska the Fields Medal in 2022 have reached a new milestone: their complete formalization by computer, achieved th

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