Law firms take cautious approach to use of generative AI

While generative AI-powered tools such as ChatGPT have become widely known to legal professionals in recent months, most law firm lawyers and staff are holding off on the use of the emerging artificial intelligence technology in their work.

While generative AI-powered tools such as ChatGPT have become widely known to legal professionals in recent months, most law firm lawyers and staff are holding off on the use of the emerging artificial intelligence technology in their work.

Just 3% of survey respondents said they are already using generative artificial intelligence or ChatGPT for law firm operations and another 2% said they are planning to use such tools, according to a Thomson Reuters Institute report.

Slightly more than one-third of respondents (34%) said they are still in the consideration phase for using generative artificial intelligence technology, which can generate different types of content based on a variety of inputs.

The remaining 60% of legal professionals said they have no plans for generative artificial intelligence use in law firm operations.