Ep 172: Kriti Sharma, Chief Product Officer for Legal Tech at Thomson Reuters

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the world of legal technology, perhaps no company looms larger than Thomson Reuters, whose products such as Westlaw, Practical Law, HighQ, Findlaw, 3E and many others span virtually every aspect of law practice and are used by legal professionals throughout the world. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Our guest this week,</span> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kritisharma3/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Kriti Sharma</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, is chief product officer, legal tech, at Thomson Reuters, a role she stepped into less than a year ago, in October 2021. She is an internationally recognized expert in artificial intelligence, and was formerly the VP of artificial intelligence and ethics at UK software company Sage Group.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sharma is also the founder of</span> <a href="https://www.aiforgood.co.uk/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">AI for Good UK</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, a foundation that works to make AI tools more ethical and equitable, and developer of rAInbow, a digital companion for women facing domestic violence in South Africa. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">She has been named in the Forbes "</span><a href= "https://www.forbes.com/profile/kriti-sharma/?sh=3217390f281a"><span style="font-weight: 400;">30 Under 30</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">" list for advancements in AI. She was appointed a United Nations Young Leader in 2018 and is an advisor to both the United Nations Technology Innovation Labs and to the UK Government’s Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Her</span> <a href= "https://www.ted.com/speakers/kriti_sharma"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">TED talk</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">on keeping bias out of AI has been viewed more than 2M times. </span></p> <p><strong>Thank You To Our Sponsors</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This episode of LawNext i