To read the article: LINK

The Solicitors Regulation Authority have released a report on the use of artificial intelligence such as ChatGPT in the legal service. For those of us who have English as a second language, dyslexia, or a limited ability to transcribe their thoughts, or indeed just wish to produce wording more quickly, at first glance an app that will do it for you looks like gold dust. There are, as always, caveats.  

The app will use machine learning and huge amounts of data to predict, summarise and generate what you ask for. It does not mind read, it does not select only accurate data, and it provides no guarantees. As the report states, all computers can make mistakes and language models, such as ChatGPT, are more prone to this.

There currently exist apps that limit the data they use to tried and tested sources. This gives a greater likelihood of the outcome being accurate and meaningful. Some of these apps are used by law firms to identify contradictions in evidence or submissions or even identify relevant case references however the software is not foolproof. Whilst AI will clearly increasingly be used in the creation of documents, for now we recommend that you thoroughly check the output of AI generated documents, especially any court statements, for factual accuracy. This applies also to statements from solicitors or from the other parent which may be increasingly AI generated. 

The Family Lawyer summarises the report (LINK), while the Law Gazette provides an interesting overview (LINK). 

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