Lawyers or Machines: Who do you blame for GenAI Hallucinations?
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Lawyers or Machines: Who do you blame for GenAI Hallucinations?

Are lawyers or machines responsible for errors (otherwise known as hallucinations) in GenAI legal research output? This was a point drawn out in some of the many comments and the, at times, heated debate that flowed from my blog post from last week: ChatGPT + Lawyers v Horizon + The Post Office In that post…

ChatGPT + Lawyers v Horizon + The Post Office
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ChatGPT + Lawyers v Horizon + The Post Office

What does ChatGPT and Lawyers have to do with Horizon and The Post Office Scandal? This past week the country (UK) has been collectively transfixed, outraged and disillusioned by Mr Bates v The Post Office on ITV. A drama about the real life events known commonly as ‘The Post Office Scandal‘. One of the widest…

The AI in Law Debate: Shaver v Inkster and beyond
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The AI in Law Debate: Shaver v Inkster and beyond

In September 2023, Denis Potemkin of Majoto organised and chaired ‘The Great AI [in Law] Debate’ between me and Nicola Shaver. I am now managing to get around to posting about that on here to add to my series on Legal Chatbots. The debate motion was: Generative AI already enhances the delivery of legal services,…

Legal Geek 2023: The one with Withnail and GenAI
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Legal Geek 2023: The one with Withnail and GenAI

Legal Geek 2023 was the one with Withnail and GenAI. Legal Geek 2023: Withnail No big surprise that GenAI was being overcooked at Legal Geek 2023, but what was Withnail doing there? Withnail’s alter ego, Richard E. Grant, was giving a keynote discussion on ‘grief and its impact’. Perhaps to prepare the GenAI evangelists for…

ChatGPT and Legal Gibberish
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ChatGPT and Legal Gibberish

The Judge in the infamous ChatGPT lawyer case (Mata v Avianca) this week suggested what ChatGPT produced was “legal gibberish”. Possibly a better and more realistic term than legal hallucinations! Judge Castel had called a hearing for 8 June with a view to considering whether any sanctions were appropriate for the lawyers using ChatGPT to…

The Legal Hallucinatory Detectorist
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The Legal Hallucinatory Detectorist

Events this past week have raised the importance of law firms employing ChatGPT technology to also employ a Legal Hallucinatory Detectorist. Alternatively, perhaps, simply not to use ChatGPT at all. Legal Prompt Engineers The initial buzz around ChatGPT led to many saying you had to employ Legal Prompt Engineers. Without the correct prompts the technology…