Alerts3.10.26
Lawsuit Alleges AI Chatbot Engages in Unauthorized Practice of Law
Highlights
- Liability surrounding AI, like other forms of online services, remains an open question with many stakeholders.
- After entering into a settlement agreement in a prior case, an AI user sought advice from an AI tool on how to void the provisions of that agreement.
- The defendant in the prior lawsuit has sued OpenAI alleging that, through its ChatGPT tool, OpenAI tortiously interfered with the settlement agreement, abused the judicial process, and engaged in the unlicensed practice of law.
Liability surrounding AI tools remains an open question, and litigants are testing the limits of such liability via novel legal theories. As discussed in a recent alert, some litigants and legislators are trying to graft traditional product liability frameworks onto AI technologies.
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