Microsoft wants lawyers to trust its new AI agent in Word documents

Microsoft is launching a new AI agent within Word designed specifically for legal teams. A legal agent handles document edits, negotiation history, and complex documents to help legal teams handle tasks like contract review.

“Rather than relying on generic AI models to interpret commands, the agent follows structured courses of action shaped by real-world legal practice, managing clearly defined, repeatable tasks such as reviewing contracts clause-by-clause against the rules of the game.” Sumit Chauhan explainsVice President of the Microsoft Office Product Group.

A legal agent can work with existing documents that track changes, and analyze agreements and contracts to “identify risks and liabilities.” Microsoft is launching its own legal proxy for members of its Frontier program in the US, part of a broader effort to bring proxy features to Word.

This new AI agent in Word comes months after Microsoft hired a group of AI specialists and engineers From Robin Ia failed startup that was working on an AI-powered contract review system.