OpenAI Targets Legal Tech Market With Astra for Law

The new Astra for Law combines OpenAI’s latest and most powerful model, GPT-6 Astra, with settings, tools and context tailored for professional legal work, the AI company said. As OpenAI’s frontier models advance, the company will bring these legal capabilities to its latest models, according to the post.

In addition, OpenAI added 26 new ecosystem plugins that connect ChatGPT to specialized tools used by law firms, so users can customize Astra for Law, per the post.

Compared to GPT-6 Astra using web search alone, Astra for Law was 40% more accurate in providing research answers, produced more comprehensive answers, found 24% more reference cases and retrieved 54% more relevant passages from the correct court opinions, the post said.

OpenAI will initially offer Astra for Law to selected law firms through its Trusted Access in ChatGPT and Codex. The company will soon add the product to its API, according to the post.

“OpenAI is investing in law for the long term,” the company said in the post. “We’ll keep advancing Astra for Law’s model, settings, tools and instructions together, guided by rigorous evaluations and feedback from lawyers and legal technology partners. We’ll also keep improving ChatGPT so firms can build around their expertise and connect the tools they use.”