Just this past June Months after OpenAI’s ChatGPT was released, two New York City lawyers made infamous use of the tool To write a very bad summary. Amnesty International cited bogus cases, which led to an uproar, an angry judge and two very embarrassed lawyers. This was proof that while bots like ChatGPT can be useful, you have to check their operation carefully, especially in a legal context.
The issue did not escape the folks at LexisNexis, a legal software company that provides tools to help lawyers find appropriate case law to make their legal arguments. The company sees the potential for AI to help reduce much of the mundane legal work every lawyer does, but also recognizes these very real issues as you begin your generative AI journey.
Jeff Riehl, Chief Technology Officer of LexisNexis, understands the value of artificial intelligence. In fact, his company has been building the technology into its platform for some time now. But the ability to add ChatGPT-like functionality to its legal toolkit should help lawyers work more efficiently: helping write briefs and finding citations faster.
“We as an organization have been working with AI technologies for a number of years. I think what’s really different now since ChatGPT came out in November, is the opportunity to create text and conversational aspects that come with this technology,” Riehl told TechCrunch+.