AI @ Thomson Reuters
Join Thomson Reuters Labs
Thomson Reuters is a content-driven technology company with over a century of experience curating and classifying data while supporting professionals in complex domains that move society forward.
Embedded in this legacy is our team of AI-focused engineers, research and data scientists, and designers. They work with some of the most comprehensive and richly enhanced legal, tax, and other professional datasets in the world.
Join us in building the next generation of AI-enabled solutions for legal, tax and accounting, risk, fraud and compliance, and media.
Please visit the Thomson Reuters Careers page for more information.
Meet Merine, a Director of Research Engineering on our TR Labs team
Hear about why Merine joined TR Labs, her career journey of more than 15 years at Thomson Reuters, and why someone should join her team.
Meet Sina, Manager, Applied Research, on our TR Labs team
Hear about why Sina joined TR Labs, the types of problems he solves in his role, and his career development in this video.
Reasons our team loves it here:
- Our 2024 AI product investments exceeded $200 million. Through CoCounsel, our professional-grade GenAI assistant, we’re helping our customers work more efficiently, positioning them to deliver greater value to their organizations.
- Access to world-leading data and enterprise expertise
- Learn and collaborate with a global team of talented colleagues
- Opportunity for mentorship and career growth
- World-class well-being benefits and resources
- Access to industry-leading learning tools and resources
About the labs
Thomson Reuters Labs is our dedicated applied research division. We focus on the research, development, and application of AI and emerging trends in technologies. Working collaboratively with our stakeholders, we experiment, prototype, test, and deliver ideas in the pursuit of smarter and more valuable tools for our customers.
We have worked in AI for decades. The groundwork for much of this work began in the 1970s with Westlaw — one of the first online legal research services.
We are committed to a wide-ranging program of machine-learning research, from efficient neural training to learning with less supervision, human-centered AI, and many other core capabilities with business-critical impact.
We have drafted a set of AI Principles to promote trustworthiness in our design, development, and deployment of AI.
Sample publications
Chou, Shih-Han, Matthew Kowal, Yasmin Niknam, Diana Moyano, Shayaan Mehdi, Richard Pito, Cheng Zhang, et al. “Multi-Modal News Understanding with Professionally Labelled Videos (ReutersViLNews).” In Canadian Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2024.
Yang, Hsiu-Wei, Abhinav Agrawal, Pavlos Fragkogiannis, and Shubham Nitin Mulay. “Can AI Models Appreciate Document Aesthetics? An Exploration of Legibility and Layout Quality in Relation to Prediction Confidence.” In Workshop on Psychology-Informed Information Access Systems (PsyIAS), 2024.
Gao, Sally, Milda Norkute, and Abhinav Agrawal. “Evaluating Interactive Topic Models in Applied Settings.” In Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA’24), 2024.
Forster, Martina, Claudia Schulz, Prudhvi Nokku, Melicaalsadat Mirsafian, Jaykumar Kasundra, and Stavroula Skylaki. “The Right Model for the Job: An Evaluation of Legal Multi-Label Classification Baselines,” 2024.
See a complete list of TR Labs publications.
AI @ TR Timeline
We have been at the forefront of innovation for our customers since day one, with some customer segments dating back to the 1800s.
In our early days, we utilized technology to gather, organize, and enhance information. Fast forward to today, and we employ thousands of colleagues in data science, engineering, design, and UX to harness the potential of the latest technology — including generative AI — to support our customers. It means we’re at the forefront of delivering professional-grade AI in the fields of legal, tax, accounting, risk, fraud, compliance, and news, helping our customers get to the right answers faster.
Since 1992, we have maintained a dedicated applied research and development group across our various businesses. Explore the AI @ TR timeline to learn more about our innovation journey.
Innovation pipeline
Identify and integrate the end user, then apply a design-thinking approach.
Articulate the hypothesis to understand what success looks like.
Prototype concepts, test for viability, and iterate through to production.
Decades of working in AI • Guided by our AI ethics principles • Flexible work policy • Competitive benefits package
Labs disciplines and skills
We take a cross-functional approach to building solutions by involving research and data scientists, engineers, and designers at an early stage in our projects. By having embedded teams, we can move quickly, identify obstacles and opportunities early, and ensure a range of perspectives on problem-solving.
Machine learning • Search and recommendation • Natural-language processing
Software engineering • Machine learning and data engineering • Public cloud
User experience research • User experience design • User interface design
Internships with Thomson Reuters Labs
We’ve designed our internship program to bring highly motivated and talented students and recent graduates into Thomson Reuters Labs. We offer the opportunity to work on revolutionary technology problems in the areas of legal, tax and accounting, media, risk, fraud, and compliance. Our internships provide a unique chance to gain invaluable experience in research, development, and delivery of AI and emerging technologies solutions.
We announce open internship positions throughout the year. They typically last around six months with flexible start and end dates at Thomson Reuters Labs locations in Toronto, London, Zug, and Bangalore. We offer internships in applied research, engineering, and design. If you are interested in the Thomson Reuters Labs internship program, please explore our current job listings.
Want to know what it’s like working as an intern with Thomson Reuters Labs?
Everyone is approachable and kind, and there is no such thing as a silly question. Additionally, TR Labs uses cutting-edge methods to solve problems, meaning as an intern, you get to do challenging work and solve complex problems, which is not often the case.
What I value the most from my internship with TR Labs is the investment in the continuous training of the Labs Researchers. Every week there are opportunities for teammates to share knowledge about different aspects of AI Research and NLP Topics through team calls or lunch & learns.
Hear from our people
At TR Labs, we strive to enhance our products to make users' lives easier and their work more efficient.
The key to our success at TR Labs is that we embrace change and never stop learning. AI is transforming our world; staying curious and continuously learning is essential for excelling.
Please visit the Thomson Reuters Careers page for more information.
We draw our strength from the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, and everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments. Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.