LawGPT: The Benefits and Drawbacks of A.I. in Legal Practice

By Bryan J. F. Plat

Throughout the last several years, A.I. has grown increasingly relevant, quickly gaining the public’s eye as the technology’s capabilities were realized. From art generation software, to writing entire scripts and essays, to a personalized chatbot, and numerous other uses[1], A.I. technology has many applications, even including legal practice. The advent of A.I. is disrupting almost every profession[2], and as that change comes to practicing lawyers, it is certain it will alter the field in new, exciting, and potentially, intimidating ways[3].

Can Artificial Intelligence Platforms be Held Liable for Defamation?

By JOLT

On October 30, 2023

In Blog Posts

Can Artificial Intelligence Platforms be Held Liable for Defamation?

By: Sydney Coker

On May 4, 2023, journalist Fred Riehl was conducting research on a lawsuit, The Second Amendment Foundation v. Robert Ferguson, using an artificial intelligence chatbot, ChatGPT.[1] In his interaction with ChatGPT, Riehl provided the URL of a link to the complaint filed by The Second Amendment Foundation and asked ChatGPT to provide “a summary of the accusations in the complaint.”[2] In response, the chatbot produced a number of false allegations claimed to be made by the Second Amendment Foundation against Mark Walters, an individual who is neither a plaintiff nor defendant in the lawsuit.[3]

George R.R. Martin Won’t Bend the Knee – Chat GPT, Generative AI, and the Fine Line Between Fair Use and Copyright Infringement

By JOLT

On October 20, 2023

In Blog Posts

By Perla Khattar[1]

On September 19, 2023, George R.R. Martin and other professional fiction writers filed a class action lawsuit against OpenAI in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The Plaintiffs alleged that at the heart of Large Language Models (LLMs) exists “systematic theft on a mass scale.”[2] In their complaint, the plaintiffs explained that OpenAI, the maker of the LLM ChatGPT, copied their copyrighted works of fiction without permission and fed the data into LLMs that are carefully programmed to “output human-seeming text responses to users’ prompts and queries.”[3] The authors allege that OpenAI downloaded the manuscripts from pirated eBooks repositories.[4]

ChatGPT- Lawyer of the Future?

By JOLT

On February 14, 2023

In Blog Posts

ChatGPT- Lawyer of the Future?

By Joshua Hall

We have all seen (or should have by now) “I, ROBOT” (one of Will Smith’s best movies). Back in 2004, the idea of AI-powered technology capable of formulating sophisticated arguments was nothing more than science fiction. In 2023, however, we are moving closer and closer to this becoming a reality.

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