Reed Smith CINO Announces Director of Applied AI Role and GenAI Pilot Program
- Significance
- Low
- Confidence
- Confirmed
Why this matters
Reed Smith is testing capability in the open. A directional signal rather than a step change.
Reed Smith CINO David Cunningham announced plans for a new Director of Applied AI role and pilot GenAI projects exploring proprietary LLMs and OpenAI's GPT models across practice areas -- the firm's earliest public GenAI strategy disclosure.
- Significance
- Low
- Source type
- Trade Press
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