Westlaw Precision Australia

Thomson Reuters strongly encourages against including personal information or customer-specific data where it is not appropriate or required, such as in search queries, as this kind of data does not enhance the effectiveness of the search results...

In Westlaw we de-identify the user and aggregate search query terms together with the results across all Westlaw users. We use the aggregated usage data to improve product design by identifying functionality to focus on and improve based on frequency...

Search queries and viewed documents are retained and appear in a user's research history, making it easier to retrieve and review prior research. Usage data is collected for billing purposes and shared with systems for users to view their own...

Examples of types of data that are collected as user input on Westlaw include search queries, engagement with features, in-product feedback, and document interactions such as viewing, adding a note, delivery selections, and KeyCite links.

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You don't. Westlaw's AI-Assisted Research tool is designed to jump start your research. It provides you with a synthesised answer to your question based on the primary law (cases and current legislation) it has found that best relates to your...

No. Westlaw Precision with Al-Assisted Research and Ask Practical Law Al both consider only the customer question as input. There are no options to upload documents into products.

An AI hallucination is when a large language model (LLM) generates false information. Hallucinations largely happen due to three causes: poor data quality, the AI’s training and generation methods, and unclear input context.

It will take about 1-4 minutes to generate the AI summary because we do a lot more discovery and processing compared to a traditional Westlaw search, including sending relevant materials to the language model for analysis.

Yes. Prior conversations will be available on the left-hand side of the search screen during a session and can also be found in a user’s search history.

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The time out period is 6 hours, however some browsers can override with their own inactivity timeouts.