{"id":57069,"date":"2026-06-01T07:17:58","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T23:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=57069"},"modified":"2026-06-01T07:17:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T23:17:58","slug":"commentary-the-pitfalls-of-seeking-legal-advice-from-ai-chatbots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=57069","title":{"rendered":"Commentary: The pitfalls of seeking legal advice from AI chatbots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<h2><span>WORKING WITH GEN AI CHATBOTS<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span>This is not to say that clients and lawyers should carry on as if AI never existed. With AI tools proliferating, it is too late to put the proverbial genie back into the bottle. How then should clients approach AI?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>When the necessary cautions are taken, AI can help clients better instruct their lawyers. Clients can use AI to prepare case summaries for lawyers to review prior to meeting them, or to identify gaps or inconsistencies within their documents for them to consider.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>These can be forwarded to the lawyers for their views and advice. Naturally, any output from chatbots must be verified for accuracy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>AI can also help sharpen clients\u2019 thinking on legal issues. Instead of asking chatbots for answers, consider using chatbots to focus and frame the questions that ought to be asked of a lawyer during meetings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Clients should ultimately see AI tools as what they are &#8211; tools. They are unlikely to replace a trusted lawyer entirely, particularly in complex or high-stakes matters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>By using AI as an assistant rather than the adviser, clients can have better informed and more focused conversations with their counsel, who in turn would benefit from having clearer instructions from which they can provide sound and appropriate legal advice.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/commentary\/ai-impact-lawyer-profession-legal-advice-6148846\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WORKING WITH GEN AI CHATBOTS This is not to say that clients and lawyers should carry on as if AI never existed. With AI tools&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":57070,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dam.mediacorp.sg\/image\/upload\/s--3PFq3QjV--\/c_crop,h_705,w_1254,x_0,y_66\/c_fill,g_auto,h_676,w_1200\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1\/mediacorp\/cna\/image\/2026\/05\/29\/robot_assisting_person_in_court_istock.jpg?itok=_TSWMMZY","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1329,17882,1126,388,23891,385],"class_list":["post-57069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-news-sg-global","tag-advice","tag-chatbots","tag-commentary","tag-legal","tag-pitfalls","tag-seeking","wpcat-2-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=57069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57069\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/57070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=57069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=57069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}