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Could you replace your lawyer with AI?

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AI technology is already changing the practice of law across the globe.

DoNotPay, a U.S. company which offers online legal services and chatbots, has claimed to be "the world's first robot lawyer" The FTC found that its services failed to deliver what they promised and its outputs could not be substituted for the work of a human lawyer.

LawConnect uses OpenAI 's API and is trained on publicly available information from the internet.

The chatbot uses lawyers' verified answers to make it more likely to provide correct responses to similar questions in the future.

LawConnect is being made available globally across all areas of law, using AI models for translation when necessary.

SXSW Sydney 's battle between NexLaw 's Copilot and Merjane made no effort to hide who had authored the arguments.

It was plainly obvious which defence against the allegations of driving while using a mobile phone had been crafted by a human, and which was from an AI .

Copilot made obvious stumbles such as citing incorrect legislation, referencing laws in the wrong state.

VR Score

87

Informative language

87

Neutral language

40

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

59

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

medium-lived

External references

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