As Lineal discusses, building the next generation of AI in eDiscovery relies on the idea that AI is not one thing but a decades-long layering of ideas.

The post, titled (wait for it!) Layered Intelligence: Building the Next Generation of AI in eDiscovery (available here), discusses that the phrase Lineal keeps returning when considering where AI is truly headed (and how Lineal is preparing for it) is data, not documents. Documents are messy: inconsistent, duplicative, full of noise. Feeding raw documents to any advanced AI wastes time and compute while it tries to separate the useful from the irrelevant.

Transform those same documents into structured, meaningful data and everything downstream becomes easier, cheaper, and more accurate. That means mapping senders and recipients, normalizing email signatures, filtering out bots, and modeling relationships. Tools like Lineal’s Bots and PrivFinder quietly do this work first.

Think of it as building a map before asking for directions. If the paths and intersections are clear, you can get anywhere faster and the system guiding you won’t get lost.

So, what’s the benefit of using a layered approach? What does the near future look like? And what’s a key takeaway you can walk away with?  Find out here, it’s only one click! Cakes aren’t the only think that’s layered! 😉

So, what do you think? Are you prepared for the next layer of AI? Please share any comments you might have or if you’d like to know more about a particular topic.

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