In this Beirut24 interview, Dr. Dani Geagea discusses the risks of relying on artificial intelligence in legal and judicial work without human scrutiny. The conversation addresses lawyers' responsibility for the information they use, professional confidentiality, litigants' personal data and the need to develop rules governing these tools.
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The interview examines errors in AI-generated information and legal references, and the consequences of relying on those outputs when a person's liberty or rights are at stake.
Dr. Geagea distinguishes using a tool to support research from relying on its results. He emphasises checking the underlying sources before using information in a case.
The discussion considers the risks of entering client and litigant information into digital systems, and the need for safeguards addressing professional secrecy, privacy and human oversight.