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The legal world is increasingly turning to AI tools like ChatGPT, even as concerns mount about the technology’s reliability. Attorneys, facing mounting pressure and tight deadlines, are leveraging large language models (LLMs) for legal research and document drafting. This embrace comes despite documented cases of lawyers submitting court filings containing AI-generated inaccuracies and outright fabrications.

While integrated into platforms like LexisNexis and Westlaw, the underlying issues remain: Many legal professionals lack a complete understanding of how LLMs operate. This knowledge gap leaves them susceptible to inadvertently relying on incorrect or fabricated information produced by the AI, highlighting the potential pitfalls of relying on these powerful, yet imperfect, tools.