A New Era for Legal AI: Beyond Simple Responses

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Today, we're excited to announce a significant advancement in Paxton's capabilities: our newest AI Assistant technology that dramatically improves the quality and depth of document creation. This update represents a fundamental shift in how Paxton approaches complex legal drafting tasks.

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“We are pleased to release our newly developed skill for our AI Assistant. This release, a major enhancement to our Drafting capabilities, is only the first step. We look forward to shipping even more advanced functionalities in the coming weeks and months.” — Eddie Nasser, Legal Product Lead

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Unlike traditional AI approaches that attempt to generate complete documents in a single step, Paxton's assistant now breaks down complex drafting tasks into multiple carefully orchestrated steps. This more sophisticated approach produces longer, more coherent, and higher quality documents than ever before.

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What Makes Our Agentic Assistant Different?

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This methodical approach yields documents that are more than just longer—they're significantly more organized, relevant, and useful for legal professionals.

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"Paxton breaks down difficult tasks into sophisticated multi-step AI workflows that mirror how legal professionals operate in the real world. This allows us to continuously improve discrete units of intelligence and capability that are responsible for research, planning and drafting of long documents, and grounding our outputs in pinpointed truth. We leverage and continuously benchmark ourselves against state of the art AI models and technology so our users can be confident that Paxton is the best AI solution." - Staff Engineer

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The Difference is Clear: Paxton vs. General-Purpose AI

To demonstrate the substantial improvement our agentic approach provides, we compared documents generated by Paxton's assistant against those created by general-purpose AI tools like ChatGPT and Claude.

We drafted with ChatGPT and Paxton with the following prompt and explored the results below.
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I need to draft a settlement agreement in a multi-party commercial dispute. The agreement must include confidentiality terms, non-disparagement clauses, a comprehensive release of claims among the parties, a structured payment schedule with potential contingencies, and provisions governing future disputes or breaches. Also outline the negotiation points each party is likely to raise.

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ChatGPT's results:

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Paxton's results:

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Sample Comparison: Settlement Agreement

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While ChatGPT and other general AI tools often produce documents that appear superficially adequate, they frequently lack the structural coherence, depth of analysis, and proper formatting that legal professionals require.

Here's what sets Paxton's results apart:

• More comprehensive legal analysis - Our assistant produces thorough, well-reasoned documents
• Proper document structure - Documents follow appropriate legal formatting with all necessary sections
• Reduction in repetitive content - Sections flow logically without the redundancy common in AI-generated text
• Enhanced overall coherence - The final product reads like a single, well-crafted document rather than disconnected paragraphs

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Why This Matters for Legal Work

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The enhanced assistant represents a significant step forward in our mission to provide specialized tools for legal professionals. By breaking down complex tasks into manageable steps, our system can now handle more sophisticated legal work with greater reliability.

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"This unlocks a new level of depth. It's just the first of a wave. So I think there's a lot to get people excited about." — Andrew Windle Marketing Lead

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This improvement is particularly valuable for attorneys who need to:

• Draft comprehensive legal documents under time constraints
• Create consistent, high-quality work product without extensive manual revision
• Generate first drafts that require less extensive editing and refinement

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What's Next: Building a Skills Library

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While this enhanced drafting capability is significant on its own, it represents just the first step in our broader vision for Paxton's assistant.

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“We’re building an ever-growing library of agentic skills–smarter, more intuitive tools–designed to empower attorneys to do their best work. With every new iteration, users will see new capabilities and continuous improvement.”— Eddie Nasser, Legal Product Lead

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Our engineering team has built this system with testing and continuous improvement in mind. Each step in the workflow can be independently evaluated and enhanced, allowing us to rapidly iterate and improve the system based on real-world usage and feedback.

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Try It Today

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The new assistant capability is available now to all Paxton users. We encourage you to experience the difference in document quality for yourself by trying out these advanced drafting capabilities on your next legal document.

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Sign up for a free trial or log in to your account to try it today!

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We're committed to building AI tools that truly understand and address the unique challenges of legal work. This release represents a significant milestone in that journey, and we look forward to your feedback as we continue to develop and refine Paxton's capabilities.

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