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NEWOpenAI Launches Astra for Law With 230 Million URL Legal Search Index

A specialized suite of tools for legal practitioners provides GPT-6 Astra with bespoke instructions for analysis and writing to facilitate the review of court rules and administrative decisions. The platform utilizes a search index covering more than 230 million URLs of U.S. case law and statutes, and is available to select firms via Trusted Access in ChatGPT and Codex. It includes 26 partner plugins from companies such as Thomson Reuters and Harvey, as well as 47 community-developed tools, with API access for the legal configuration following the initial rollout.

OpenAI developed customized workflows with Sullivan & Cromwell for agreement analysis, Ropes & Gray for M&A diligence, and Cooley for IPO preparation. Self-reported tests using the Vals Legal Research Bench show Astra for Law achieving a 90.0% weighted rubric score and a 53.7% all-pass rate, compared to 84.1% and 39.6% respectively for the base model using web search.

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