S1E25 - Beyond Generic AI: Why Specialized Legal Tools Matter

Generic AI tools present serious risks for attorneys including hallucinated legal facts, confidentiality breaches, and strategic failures that can lead to sanctions and case dismissals.

• Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT create "hallucinations" - confidently stated but completely fabricated legal information including non-existent cases with fake names and citations
• Courts have sanctioned attorneys who submitted AI-generated fake cases, as in Mata v. Avianca and cases involving James Martin Paul
• Using generic AI violates ABA Model Rule 1.1 (duty of competence) when attorneys fail to verify information
• Consumer AI platforms often claim rights to store and reuse in...