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Prof and Author, Reboot Democracy Blog. Director, The Governance Lab and The Burnes Center for Social Change at Northeastern Univ, Chief AI Strategist, State of New Jersey
Using AI? Learn How, Says the American Bar Association to Lawyers in a Formal Opinion Yesterday the American Bar Association published a formal opinion, declaring that under the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct, lawyers using generative AI have a “duty of competence” to develop an “understanding of the evolving nature of GAI.” This is why InnovateUS is launching a new #GenAI for Public Lawyers course this fall. My takeaway on the opinion: the ABA is recognizing the benefits of GAI but is requiring lawyers to: 1) Obtain truly informed consent from the client, explaining all the risks involved, 2) Ensure no confidential information is input into a GAI system, 3)Thoroughly verify all outputs for accuracy, and 4) Use GAI for general tasks that don't involve specific client information. https://lnkd.in/dnbXcGQ6