Not So Fast: ChatGPT May Be Great for Attorney Efficiency, but Don’t Leave Ethics at the Door

TikTok, who? ChatGPT – an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot developed by OpenAI – is the fastest-growing app of all time, according to analysis by Swiss bank UBS. A natural language processing tool that allows human-like conversations on an infinite number of subjects, ChatGPT is trained to follow a prompt and provide a quick and detailed response, and numerous generative AI software programs are emerging alongside it. But with this capability comes risks, limitations, and ethical considerations significant to the legal industry.

The Model Rules of Ethics require attorneys to…