Anthropic says its newest lawyer tools are 'like giving an engineer a legal degree' Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei. WEF Anthropic released a new batch of AI tools for lawyers, pulling legal software into Claude Cowork. The company's earlier legal launch sparked fears of the impact on software giants. Anthropic's associate general counsel Mark Pike said he has seen intense demand for legal AI tools. In February, a small release from Anthropic set the legal industry abuzz. Now, the AI lab is supersizing its lawyerly ambitions. Anthropic on Tuesday released a spate of new legal tools for Claude Cowork, which will let law firms plug their go-to software into the AI tool and more easily automate large chunks of work. Anthropic's earlier legal tool launch in February sparked a stock sell-off and wider fears of a "SaaSpocalypse," as investors worried about AI's impact on the software industry. Anthropic's newest release can handle a larger range of legal work.…