{"id":109016,"date":"2025-02-24T06:02:39","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T14:02:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/02\/24\/exclusive-with-its-latest-release-out-today-vlexs-vincent-ai-adds-multi-modal-capabilities-litigation-workflows-and-coverage-for-four-new-countries\/"},"modified":"2025-02-24T06:02:39","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T14:02:39","slug":"exclusive-with-its-latest-release-out-today-vlexs-vincent-ai-adds-multi-modal-capabilities-litigation-workflows-and-coverage-for-four-new-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/02\/24\/exclusive-with-its-latest-release-out-today-vlexs-vincent-ai-adds-multi-modal-capabilities-litigation-workflows-and-coverage-for-four-new-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive: With Its Latest Release Out Today, vLex\u2019s Vincent AI Adds Multi-Modal Capabilities, Litigation Workflows, and Coverage for Four New Countries"},"content":{"rendered":"

When legal intelligence company vLex released a major upgrade to its Vincent AI last September, I wrote that it might just be the most capable generative AI assistant in the legal market. Now, vLex is releasing another major upgrade to Vincent AI that pushes it further beyond traditional legal research and document analysis, with distinct [\u2026]<\/p>\n

When legal intelligence company vLex<\/a> released a major upgrade to its Vincent AI<\/a> last September, I wrote that it might just be the most capable generative AI assistant in the legal market<\/a>. Now, vLex is releasing another major upgrade to Vincent AI that pushes it further beyond traditional legal research and document analysis, with distinct capabilities and coverage not available in other AI assistants.<\/p>\n

The Vincent AI upgrade released today \u2013 which vLex is calling its Winter \u201925 release \u2013 introduces multimodal AI capabilities for audio and video analysis, expands its jurisdictional coverage to 17 countries, and adds several new litigation-focused workflows powered by its Docket Alarm<\/a> database of litigation data.<\/p>\n

The company is also providing new details on its development of Vincent Studio, a builder space for law firms and legal departments to create their own workflow tools using Vincent AI\u2019s technology and vLex\u2019s legal data, combined with their own legal expertise. A beta version of the studio is now open, and those interested in testing it can request early access by emailing beta@vlex.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Analyze Audio and Video<\/h3>\n

Of the enhancements and features announced today, perhaps the most unique is Vincent AI\u2019s new ability to analyze audio and video files. It allows users to generate transcripts of recorded court proceedings, depositions, client interviews, and whatever else. and then perform legal analysis of the transcribed material and be prompted on suggested next-step legal tasks based on the content.<\/p>\n

On Friday, I was given a demonstration of the new features by Ed Walters<\/a>, chief strategy officer at vLex, and Alex Shaffer<\/a>, Vincent AI\u2019s product manager. They showed me how this new multimodal feature analyzed the video of an Ohio Supreme Court oral argument. It automatically generated a complete transcript and timeline of the proceedings, and then went on to identify key legal issues from the argument and provide links to related legal authorities, with the ability to click through to specific points in the transcript.<\/p>\n

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The Ohio case involved a matter of judicial discipline. After transcribing and analyzing the recording, Vinent AI suggested several workflow tasks specifically keyed to the content. For example, among the next steps it suggested were to explore the legal precedents regarding First Amendment protections for judges or to research the standards for judicial discipline in Ohio. The user can simply click on any of those suggestions to pursue that line of research.<\/p>\n

While processing times for audio and video files will vary depending on the content, Shaffer said, most court recordings and audio files can be analyzed in 2-3 minutes. Some high-quality video files, such as the 1080p video from the Ohio Supreme Court, may take up to 8-10 minutes to process, he said.<\/p>\n

Build An Argument<\/h3>\n

Today\u2019s release also introduces an all-new \u201cBuild an Argument\u201d workflow. Astute readers may recall that Vincent already had a feature called Build an Argument, which enabled users to find authorities for or against a stated argument. In fact, I wrote about it back in 2023<\/a>, when vLex released the beta version of Vincent AI. But Vincent has now renamed that previous workflow Explore a Legal Proposition<\/a>, and rolled out an all-new Build an Argument workflow.<\/p>\n

What this new workflow does is generate arguments based on the facts you provide as applied to the law. The user is able to enter narrative text describing the pertinent facts and then state a goal.<\/p>\n

For example, in our demonstration, the user described a factual situation in which the victim of an attempted carjacking in Indiana grabbed the defendant\u2019s pistol and shot his accomplice. The requested goal was to generate a memo addressing whether the defendant (not the victim) could be charged with felony murder in the death of his accomplice.<\/p>\n

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Vincent AI has a \u201cprompt assist\u201d feature that takes those inputs and suggests reworded research prompts, which the user is free to accept or reject. In this case, it suggested two, and the researcher selected this one: \u201cUnder Indiana law, a defendant can be charged with felony murder when a co-perpetrator, rather than a victim, is killed during the commission of a designated crime.\u201d<\/p>\n

Based on those inputs, Vincent will then generate the argument, with an introduction, legal analysis, and conclusion. It displays the argument in the left panel of the screen, with the supporting legal authorities shown on the right side of the screen.<\/p>\n

\u201cVincent is actually going to perform ideation of a number of arguments that could support the user\u2019s goal in light of those facts,\u201d Shaffer said. \u201cThen when it\u2019s taking that research and analyzing the output, it\u2019s going to actually apply the law to those facts.\u201d<\/p>\n

The factual background used in the demo is taken from a research exercise developed by the American Association of Law Libraries, and is one Walters has used in his own class at the University of Chicago Law School<\/a> on generative AI in legal practice. Vincent quickly identified relevant precedent, including a seminal 1999 Indiana Supreme Court case that established key principles for felony murder charges when accomplices are killed during the commission of a crime.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m pretty familiar with the question, and Vincent crushed the analysis here,\u201d Walters said. \u201cIt identifies right away the seminal case from 1999.\u201d He said his class has tested the same question in other AI legal research platforms and that Vincent \u201cuniquely gets this right.\u201d<\/p>\n

In its response, Vincent also provides an \u201cAreas of Risk\u201d portion that points out exceptions to the rule or counterarguments. While a problem with some gen AI tools is their propensity to tell you only what you want to hear, Vincent is trained not to do that.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe concern is that generative AI tells you what you want to hear, whether it\u2019s true or not,\u201d Walters said. \u201cAnd we\u2019ve really done this kind of work behind the scenes to make sure that Vincent is not like a sycophant.\u201d<\/p>\n

Litigation Analytics<\/h3>\n

While Vincent AI already offered several skills enabled by its integration with Docket Alarm and its database of over 850 million U.S. state and federal court records, today\u2019s release introduces new Docket Alarm integration features that allow for sophisticated litigation analytics. These new workflows include:<\/p>\n