Artificial Intelligence, the Law, and the Legal Profession

ChatGPT

ChatGPT is a type of software application called a chatbot. ChatGPT and other chatbots make predictions based on data typically gathered from the Internet. Although chatbots can produce musical compositions, images, responses to essay prompts, code, and more, chatbots cannot analyze, contextualize, or assess information in the same way that a human can. As a result, chatbot outputs may be outdated, incomplete, nonsensical, biased, or otherwise unreliable.

Copilot

Emory's Office of Information Technology (OIT) has launched Microsoft Copilot, a "secure generative AI chat companion designed to enhance productivity, creativity and communication." The Emory platform is a "protected environment that provides greater security for Emory users and business data than external AI chat tools, and the service is available to all Emory University community members."

To access Microsoft Copilot as an Emory user:

• Log in: Visit https://copilot.microsoft.com and click “Sign in” on the upper right. Log in using your Emory credentials. When you have correctly logged in, you will see a green “Protected” indicator near the top of the screen.
• Start chatting: Once you’re logged in, start a conversation by asking questions, seeking assistance or exploring the tool’s creative capabilities.
• Explore features: Microsoft Copilot understands natural language and can assist with a variety of tasks, from answering research queries to generating code snippets. 
• Close when finished: Close your window or tab when you are finished chatting to protect the information if you are on a shared computer.

AI tools like, like ChatGPT and the AI tools in Westlaw and Lexis+, have practical, ethical, and other implications when it comes to an attorney producing work for a client, a student completing a law school assignment, use of images, text, and other files and data pulled from the Internet, training AI models that rely on limited and particular viewpoints, experiences, and types of information while excluding others.