Recent technological developments in automation and Artificial Intelligence (AI) promise to disrupt the very foundations of how legal work is practised and delivered. Yet how they challenge current business models, where they encounter resistance, and how the benefits of AI can be realised remain unexplored. Drawing on interviews with professionals in the UK legal services sector, the paper highlights how technological and market pressures combine to challenge the business models of legal services firms. However, the findings reveal important cultural and structural challenges that hamper transformation. The paper extends the debate on technological disruption in legal services through a focus on business model innovation as a tool that can support firms in the sector to reimagine legal service provision.

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法律领域的人工智能：转型的压力和挑战

自动化和人工智能 (AI) 的最新技术发展有望破坏法律工作实践和交付方式的基础。然而，他们如何挑战当前的商业模式，他们在哪里遇到阻力，以及如何实现人工智能的好处仍然有待探索。本文通过对英国法律服务行业专业人士的采访，强调了技术和市场压力如何结合起来挑战法律服务公司的商业模式。然而，研究结果揭示了阻碍转型的重要文化和结构挑战。本文通过将商业模式创新作为一种工具来支持该行业的公司重新构想法律服务提供，从而扩展了关于法律服务技术颠覆的辩论。