Applied artificial intelligence timeline at Thomson Reuters
Thomson Reuters has a long history as a leader in leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), with increasingly sophisticated capabilities improving search and expanding analytics through a series of product advances. These advancements, coupled with our proprietary content and editorial expertise, deliver comprehensive, accurate, and trusted insights that power the performance of professionals in the legal, tax, risk, and compliance fields.
Backed by 30+ years of innovating with AI and language models
1991
Howard Turtle, Chief Scientist, helps found one of the first R&D groups at Thomson Reuters
1992
Westlaw is Natural (WIN) becomes the first commercially available search engine with probabilistic rank retrieval
1996
History assistant, a large-scale natural language processor (NLP) that analyzes case law documents, is introduced
2001
CaRE leverages machine learning to help classify legal, tax, and financial documents for large taxonomies
2003 to 2005
ResultsPlus, document recommendation
Firm360, judge and attorney name linking
2006 to 2008
Dexter, ML-based entity extraction
Concord, statistics-based public records linking and resolution
2010
Westlaw Next leverages a wide array of AI and ML to deliver a new standard for legal research
2010 to 2018
Various AI-supported products such as Reuters Insider, NewsPlus, Checkpoint – Broadside, Quick Check, and social data platform (SDP)
2018
Westlaw Edge leverages AI to deliver advanced search and analytics in legal research
2020
Legal Tracker, an AI-supported invoice review process augmentation tool, is introduced
2022
ThoughtTrace, a leader in AI-driven contract analysis, is acquired by Thomson Reuters
2023
SurePrep, a leader in AI-driven document ingestion for tax workflow automation, is acquired by Thomson Reuters
