
Is it safe to use ChatGPT in a law firm?
Yes, you can, and no rule prohibits it. The risk isn’t the tool: it’s what information you hand over and what safeguards stand behind it.
Security, regulation, product and the legal sector: what we are learning about AI applied to the work of law firms.
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Yes, you can, and no rule prohibits it. The risk isn’t the tool: it’s what information you hand over and what safeguards stand behind it.

Almost nobody explains the important part: a firm does not build AI systems, it uses them. And the obligations of the two roles are not the same.

As long as someone can be singled out, linked or inferred, the data is still personal. Blacking out a word does not change that.

A lawyer would say «I don't know, I need to check». A language model does not have that option.