Ethics/Professional Responsibility,
Technology
May 15, 2023
The ethics of the robot lawyer
If an attorney visits a client’s website, then uses an AI model to research the facts of their case, it is possible that a data broker (or the AI platform itself), can determine which issues a particular client faces. One could make a colorable argument, then, that the attorney’s seemingly harmless search disclosed sensitive information without the client’s consent.
By now most readers are familiar with ChatGPT – the artificial intelligence (AI) model developed by OpenAI. If you haven’t read about it in some professional publication, chances are you’ve heard about it from a colleague (or your teenager). Boasting more than 100 million monthly users, ChatGPT is projected to impact at least 80% of industries in some way. Many other authors have thoughtfully written about the emergence of this new technology and its potential impact...
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