Vals AI Legal Aid Benchmark Finds Models Fall Short on Local Help
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NextLadder Ventures and Vals AI announced the Access to Justice Benchmark on November 10, 2026, reporting that none of 23 AI models reached its 80% threshold for a reliable first point of contact across 252 legal-aid scenarios. The benchmark results and methodology show a sharp divide between explaining law and finding practical help. Vals AI reports that models satisfied 78% to 87% of expert criteria for general legal explanations, but only 30% to 50% for identifying specific resources such as…
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