Pittsburgh NPR – “Many college students don’t know when they’ll return to campus due to COVID-19, but when they do, they will need a place to live. Some might feel pressure to commit to housing despite the uncertainty, and Pittsburgh lawyer Marcy Smorey is using artificial intelligence to help students be smart about signing apartment leases. Through Smorey’s recently launched company, CloverContracts, renters can upload their leases to be reviewed automatically. The software uses machine learning and natural language processing to scan the document and then offer guidance based on what it finds. Smorey said the tool can help tenants to decide whether to sign a rental agreement or to learn their rights under an existing one…programs like CloverContracts reduce the contract review process to a matter of minutes. Smorey said that efficiency allows users, and possibly an attorney, to focus on matters that involve “judgment and decisions, particularly if language is being modified, [or if there is] communication to the landlord to come up with the final determination on the end result.”