{"id":4050,"date":"2025-07-28T14:44:33","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T14:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/chatgpt-legal-questions-court\/"},"modified":"2025-07-28T14:44:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T14:44:33","slug":"chatgpt-legal-questions-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/chatgpt-legal-questions-court\/","title":{"rendered":"If You’ve Asked ChatGPT a Legal Question, You May Have Accidentally Doomed Yourself in Court"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Imagine this scenario: you’re worried you may have committed a crime, so you turn to a trusted advisor \u2014 OpenAI’s blockbuster ChatGPT, say \u2014 to describe what you did and get its advice.<\/p>\n

This isn’t remotely far-fetched; lots of people are already getting legal assistance<\/a> from AI, on everything from divorce proceedings<\/a> to parking violations<\/a>. Because people are amazingly stupid, it’s almost certain that people have already asked the bot for advice about enormously consequential questions about, say, murder or drug charges.<\/p>\n

According to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman,\u00a0anyone’s who’s done so has made a massive error \u2014 because unlike a human lawyer with whom you enjoy sweeping confidentiality protections, ChatGPT conversations can be used against you in court.<\/p>\n

During a recent conversation with podcaster Theo Von<\/a>, Altman admitted that there is no “legal confidentiality<\/a>” when users talk to ChatGPT, and that OpenAI would be legally required to share those exchanges should they be subpoenaed.<\/p>\n

“Right now, if you talk to a therapist or a lawyer or a doctor… there’s legal privilege for it. There\u2019s doctor-patient confidentiality, there\u2019s legal confidentiality,” the CEO said. “And we haven\u2019t figured that out yet for when you talk to ChatGPT.”<\/p>\n

In response to that massive acknowledgement, Jessee Bundy of the Creative Counsel Law firm pointed out that lawyers like her had been warning “for over a year” that using ChatGPT for legal purposes could backfire spectacularly.<\/p>\n

“If you\u2019re pasting in contracts, asking legal questions, or asking [the chatbot] for strategy, you’re not getting legal advice,” the lawyer tweeted<\/a>. “You\u2019re generating discoverable evidence. No attorney-client privilege. No confidentiality. No ethical duty. No one to protect you.”<\/p>\n

“It might feel private, safe, and convenient,” she continued. “But lawyers are bound to protect you. ChatGPT isn\u2019t \u2014 and can be used against you.”<\/p>\n

When an AI defender came out of the woodwork to throw hot water on her PSA, Bundy clapped back.<\/p>\n

“I think it is both, no?” needled<\/a> AI CEO Malte Landwehr. “You get legal advice AND you create discoverable evidence. But one does not negate the other.”<\/p>\n

“For the love of God \u2014 no,” the lawyer responded<\/a>. “ChatGPT can\u2019t give you legal advice.”<\/p>\n

“Legal advice comes from a licensed professional who understands your specific facts, goals, risks, and jurisdiction. And is accountable for it,” she continued. “ChatGPT is a language model. It generates words that sound right based on patterns, but it doesn\u2019t know your situation, and it\u2019s not responsible if it\u2019s wrong.”<\/p>\n

“That\u2019s not advice,” Bundy declared. “That\u2019s playing legal Mad Libs.”<\/p>\n

Currently, OpenAI is duking it out in court with the\u00a0New York Times<\/em><\/a> as it attempts to bar the newspaper and its co-plaintiffs from dredging up users’ chat logs \u2014 including deleted ones \u2014 in court.<\/p>\n

Until a judge rules one way or another, those same chats will, per Altman, be discoverable in a court of law \u2014\u00a0so chat carefully.<\/p>\n

More on AI legalese: <\/strong>LeBron James Not Happy With AI Videos Showing Him Pregnant<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The post If You’ve Asked ChatGPT a Legal Question, You May Have Accidentally Doomed Yourself in Court<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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