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Keith R. Fisher

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MONTH-IN-BRIEF (Sep 2024)

ABA Ethics Opinion on Generative AI

By Keith R. Fisher

Amidst the continuous flurry of media coverage, publicity generated by tech companies, notoriety based on so-called “hallucinations,” and sundry other extravagances, practicing lawyers must surely, by now, be aware that use by the legal profession of generative artificial intelligence (“GAI”) is evolving rapidly and, as with much other technological innovation in the professions, fraught with peril. Bar regulators in several states—including (in alphabetical order) California, Florida, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania—along with the patent bar have variously issued ethics opinions or guidance on the ethical use of GAI. Webinars, both public and private, proliferate, along with comprehensive courses to educate not only lawyers but the judiciary as well. As recently as August 2024, the ABA Task Force on Law and Artificial Intelligence, created in 2023, issued its first report.

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