As Anthropic correctly pointed out in its initial public offering filing , business use of AI is in its infancy. Many other corporate executives say it will take some time for white-collar workers, especially those who aren’t software engineers, to use the latest tools effectively.

For example, White & Case, a large global law firm with more than 2,000 lawyers, is “having to hold back” its rollout of one of the newest legal assistants made by AI startup Legora because lawyers are hesitant about using so-called AI agents, said Isabel Parker, the law firm’s chief innovation officer.

A gradual rollout will ensure lawyers feel confident in using the new agent, which can handle more complex legal work than the AI agent from Legora that lawyers currently use for tasks such as analyzing and summarizing documents and generating ideas, she said.…