The Economic Times: Pardon the AI, Your Honour

While AI tools have the upper hand in some tasks, others are better left to the 'fickle' judgement of human lawyers. Lawyers must employ their professional judgement to know where to draw the line. One would understand the prosecutors' apprehensions. ChatGPT, as impressive as it is, is untested and has limitations.

Last month, DoNotPay, an artificial intelligence (AI) legal services company that claims to be the world's first 'robot lawyer', made headlines. Its founder Joshua Browder tweeted an offer of $1 million for any lawyer who would argue a case in front of the US Supreme Court verbatim from its legal chatbot based on ChatGPT.

Imaged for lawyers who practise mostly in Victorian-era courts, Bar Council of India's rules don't regulate technology use by lawyers