SRA Cites Hallucinations and Client Confidentiality Concerns in AI Warning Note

SRA warns over AI misuse following rise in blunders

Calls for appropriate oversight The Solicitors’ Regulation Authority (SRA) has warned solicitors against lax use of generative AI, following mounting instances of hallucinated case law and confidentiality breaches. The notice comes after a string of headline-grabbing AI blunders at law firms, including Pinsent Masons‘ citation of an insolvency rule that didn’t exist, fuelled by a junior lawyer’s AI-hallucinated research, and a similar error made…

SRA cites hallucinations and client confidentiality concerns in AI warning note

Hallucinations and client confidentiality are two major concerns cited by the Solicitors Regulation Authority in a new Misuse of AI warning notice issued by the regulator. Acknowledging the increased use of AI across the legal sector in the support of tasks such as research, drafting, document review and administrative processes, the SRA’s executive director of strategy and policy Aileen Armstrong warned the technology “does not change the profe…

SRA issues AI usage warning notice - Legal IT Insider

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) today (17 August) published a warning notice to remind law firms and solicitors of  their professional obligations when using AI, warning: “If you fail to have […] The post SRA issues AI usage warning notice appeared first on Legal IT Insider.