Harvey today (18 August) unveiled a new generation of the platform that combines memory as to how lawyers work; matter spaces; and smarter agents. Harvey II builds on Harvey’s announcement in January that it was building Memory, with the release out today claiming “Harvey II is delivering on that vision.” It means that Harvey learns and retains how individuals work, with preferences carrying across Harvey, Word and Outlook. Personal memory is available first, and Harvey says that in the months ahead, memories will be able to be applied across shared spaces. The ultimate goal is organisation-wide memory.
Harvey says that users can see what Harvey remembers, change it, or turn it off entirely, and Memory is never used to train models.
Since announcing that it was building Memory, Harvey has spent the past six months conducting listening tours, embedding with legal teams, and building alongside a cohort of leading global law firms and in-house legal departments as design partners. The group spans the US, UK, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, including AmLaw and Magic Circle firms and Fortune 500 and FTSE legal departments.
Mallesons is among the firms that have worked directly with Harvey as a design partner on Memory. Michelle Mahoney, chief innovation officer at Mallesons said: “We actively partnered with Harvey on Memory because it enables our people to capture their preferences, standards and drafting approach once, then apply them consistently across matters and engagements. One of the most powerful unlocks is in its ability to understand how we each work, not just respond to what we ask. Personalisation like this makes AI feel like a genuine extension of our lawyers, rather than just another tool. Capturing our preferences and writing style means we can also reflect our clients’ needs and include them in the flow of how we work.”