{"id":150083,"date":"2026-05-01T15:30:47","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T23:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/05\/01\/stats-of-the-week-eyeing-ai\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T15:30:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T23:30:47","slug":"stats-of-the-week-eyeing-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/05\/01\/stats-of-the-week-eyeing-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Stat(s) Of The Week: Eyeing AI\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/stat-of-the-week-image.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-110065\" title=\"\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Whether they\u2019re wary of the risks or simply seeking insight into law firm operations, most general counsel now expect their outside firms to be transparent about their use of artificial intelligence, according to a new report.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/kpmg.com\/xx\/en\/our-insights\/transformation\/global-general-counsel-outlook.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2026 KPMG Global General Counsel Outlook<\/a>\u201c notes that 82% of general counsel agree or strongly agree that they expect their firms to track and share their use of AI in client matters \u2014 a \u201ckey indicator of AI caution.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLaw firms are now evaluated not only on legal expertise, but also on how effectively they deploy, govern, and explain the technologies supporting their work,\u201d the report says.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The KPMG report draws on a global survey of 468 GCs and senior legal leaders in late 2025 and early 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kpmg.com\/xx\/en\/our-insights\/transformation\/global-general-counsel-outlook.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2026 KPMG Global General Counsel Outlook<\/a> [KPMG]<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n<p><em><strong>Jeremy Barker is the director of content marketing for Breaking Media. Feel free to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:jbarker@breakingmedia.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">email him<\/a>\u00a0with questions or comments and to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jeremy-barker-925b63375\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">connect on LinkedIn.<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/05\/stats-of-the-week-eyeing-ai\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stat(s) Of The Week: Eyeing AI\u00a0<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/stat-of-the-week-image.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-110065\" title=\"\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Whether they\u2019re wary of the risks or simply seeking insight into law firm operations, most general counsel now expect their outside firms to be transparent about their use of artificial intelligence, according to a new report.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/kpmg.com\/xx\/en\/our-insights\/transformation\/global-general-counsel-outlook.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2026 KPMG Global General Counsel Outlook<\/a>\u201c notes that 82% of general counsel agree or strongly agree that they expect their firms to track and share their use of AI in client matters \u2014 a \u201ckey indicator of AI caution.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLaw firms are now evaluated not only on legal expertise, but also on how effectively they deploy, govern, and explain the technologies supporting their work,\u201d the report says.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The KPMG report draws on a global survey of 468 GCs and senior legal leaders in late 2025 and early 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kpmg.com\/xx\/en\/our-insights\/transformation\/global-general-counsel-outlook.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2026 KPMG Global General Counsel Outlook<\/a> [KPMG]<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n<p><em><strong>Jeremy Barker is the director of content marketing for Breaking Media. Feel free to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:jbarker@breakingmedia.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">email him<\/a>\u00a0with questions or comments and to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jeremy-barker-925b63375\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">connect on LinkedIn.<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/05\/stats-of-the-week-eyeing-ai\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stat(s) Of The Week: Eyeing AI\u00a0<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whether they\u2019re wary of the risks or simply seeking insight into law firm operations, most general counsel now expect their outside firms to be transparent about their use of artificial intelligence, according to a new report.\u00a0 The \u201c2026 KPMG Global General Counsel Outlook\u201c notes that 82% of general counsel agree or strongly agree that they [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":150084,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-150083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above_the_law"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xira.com\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/stat-of-the-week-image-ejb6ac.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150083\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}