Steve Hasker

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Thomson Reuters adds cross-border legal research to CoCounsel AI

Leading the company's AI strategy

Thomson Reuters' Multinational Profile lets lawyers compare rules across more than 100 countries without leaving CoCounsel Legal. The feature reached US customers in October, after going live in the UK on Oct. 14.

Updated Oct 31

Thomson Reuters launches Thomson, its own legal AI model

New Capabilities

As of August 2026: Publicly framed Thomson as reducing reliance on third-party AI providers

Thomson Reuters on Monday launched Thomson, its first proprietary large language model. The company spent $40 million training it on decades of its own content, including Westlaw, Practical Law, Checkpoint, and Reuters material, starting from an open-source Qwen 3.5 base rather than building from scratch.

Updated Aug 26