Is it worth using AI for legal research if most of what it returns is bogus?

https://hai.stanford.edu/news/hallucinating-law-legal-mistakes-large-language-models-are-pervasive

Hallucinating Law: Legal Mistakes with Large Language Models are Pervasive

… Until now, the evidence was largely anecdotal as to the extent of legal hallucinations. Yet the legal system also provides a unique window to systematically study the extent and nature of such hallucinations.

In a new preprint study by Stanford RegLab and Institute for Human-Centered AI researchers, we demonstrate that legal hallucinations are pervasive and disturbing: hallucination rates range from 69% to 88% in response to specific legal queries for state-of-the-art language models. Moreover, these models often lack self-awareness about their errors and tend to reinforce incorrect legal assumptions and beliefs. These findings raise significant concerns about the reliability of LLMs in legal contexts, underscoring the importance of careful, supervised integration of these AI technologies into legal practice.

Never issue an order you know won’t be obeyed?

https://theintercept.com/2024/01/12/open-ai-military-ban-chatgpt/

OPENAI QUIETLY DELETES BAN ON USING CHATGPT FOR “MILITARY AND WARFARE”

… Up until January 10, OpenAI’s “usage policies” page included a ban on “activity that has high risk of physical harm, including,” specifically, “weapons development” and “military and warfare.” That plainly worded prohibition against military applications would seemingly rule out any official, and extremely lucrative, use by the Department of Defense or any other state military. The new policy retains an injunction not to “use our service to harm yourself or others” and gives “develop or use weapons” as an example, but the blanket ban on “military and warfare” use has vanished.

Tools & Techniques. I has improved my speach-a-fication and my righting. Ewe kin two!.

https://www.makeuseof.com/grammar-apps-for-improving-english/

The 8 Best English Grammar Apps to Improve Your Language Skills