04/24/2024

Legal Group Sets AI Guidelines

This report responds to ethics and privacy concerns stoked by AI tools

The New York State Bar Association has released guidelines to its members on the use of generative AI with a goal of addressing privacy breaches, ethical missteps, and “hallucinated” case briefs.

The NYSBA’s report [PDF], published earlier this month, is the product of a months-long process developed by a dedicated Task Force on Artificial Intelligence, one of the first acts taken by president Richard Lewis.

“We pick issues [for task forces] because they’re the issues that are in our face right now,” said Lewis. “And you can’t find anything that’s more in-your-face than AI—it’s a subject that is on everyone’s mind.”

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