AI ruling prompts warnings from US lawyers: Your chats could be used against you
Source: CNA
Published on: 2026-04-15 10:07
April 15 : As people increasingly turn to artificial intelligence for advice, some U.S. lawyers are telling their clients not to treat AI chatbots like trusted confidants when their freedom or legal liability is on the line. These warnings became more urgent after a federal judge in New York ruled this year that the former CEO of a bankrupt financial services company could not shield his AI chats from prosecutors pursuing securities fraud charges against him. In the wake of the ruling, attorneys have been advising that conversations with chatbots like Anthropic's Claude and OpenAI's ChatGPT could be demanded by prosecutors in criminal cases or by litigation adversaries in civil cases. "We are telling our clients: You should proceed with caution here," said Alexandria Gutiérrez Swette, a lawyer at New York-based law firm Kobre & Kim. People's discussions with their lawyers are almost ...
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