Updated
Updated · OpenAI · Sep 1
Gilbert + Tobin Cuts 8-Hour Checks to Minutes With ChatGPT and Codex
Updated
Updated · OpenAI · Sep 1

Gilbert + Tobin Cuts 8-Hour Checks to Minutes With ChatGPT and Codex

1 articles · Updated · OpenAI · Sep 1

Summary

  • Gilbert + Tobin said selected conflict, KYC and AML checks that once took three to eight hours now finish in about five minutes under human review.
  • 87% of enabled ChatGPT seats were active as of June 2026, more than double the firm’s usual adoption rate for new tools, after a CEO-backed rollout focused on operations rather than legal judgment.
  • ChatGPT also cut a recruitment research workflow from roughly four hours to 20 minutes, while marketing, finance and technology teams use it for pitches, analysis, documentation and internal guidance.
  • Codex is handling larger multistep tasks, including audit reports across 300 entities that saved a day of manual work and renaming 1,100 files that previously took days.
  • Australian data residency and governance controls underpinned the expansion, and the firm plans broader access to ChatGPT Work and Codex as it builds a more interconnected workflow environment.

Insights

If AI slashes legal tasks from hours to minutes, how will corporate law firms justify their traditional billable hour models to clients?
Could relying on AI for critical anti-money laundering checks create a dangerous blind spot if human reviewers become too complacent?