It
took
a
few
days,
but
Fox
Rothschild
has
now
barred
its
attorneys
from
using
the
fast,
cheap,
field-disrupting,
and
inevitably
compromised
AI
tool.
While
DeepSeek
has
taken
the
world
by
storm,
promising
the
same
(or
better?)
results
than
its
Western
competitors
who
are
all
promising
the
moon…
as
long
as
everyone
gives
them
exponential
resources
to
make
linear
gains.
WHAT
A
GREAT
DEAL!
So
everyone
is
abuzz
with
the
prospect
of
an
AI
model
that
won’t
break
the
bank.
That
said,
not
every
law
firm
is
excited.
As
Bloomberg
reports:
Fox
Rothschild’s
900-plus
attorneys
use
AI
tools
and, like
many
other
firms,
it
doesn’t
generally
bar
its
lawyers
from
using
ChatGPT,
although
it
imposes
restrictions
on
the
use
of
AI
with
client
data,
Mark
G.
McCreary,
the
firm’s
chief
artificial
intelligence
and
information
security
officer,
said.
But
DeepSeek,
launched
by
a
Chinese
investor,
poses
unique
security
challenges.“It’s
one
thing
to
have
a
risk
that
somebody
makes
a
mistake
with
ChatGPT,”
McCreary
said.
“It’s
a
completely
different
risk
for
someone
to
make
a
mistake
with
China.”
Is
it
though?
Obviously
applications
with
close
ties
to
the
Chinese
government
raise
key
concerns.
It’s
why
the
country
banned
TikTok
before
Trump
decided
he
had
the
unilateral
power
to
unban
TikTok
over
congressional
objection.
But
are
firms
really
comfortable
with
ChatGPT?
At
some
point
any
data
that
worms
its
way
into
ChatGPT
or
Claude
or
any
other
consumer-facing
AI
is
going
to
be
accessible
to
bad
actors.
Whether
its
a
hacking
job
or
a
competitor
all
of
these
products
come
with
risks.
It’s
why
so
much
time
and
energy
is
going
into
the
legal-specific
offerings
from
trusted
vendors
who
understand
the
industry
and
its
ethical
and
security
risks.
There’s
no
reason
for
anyone
to
be
feeding
client
information
into
consumer
AI
tools.
Period.
If
your
attorneys
are
using
consumer
AI
then
you
need
to
start
investing
in
professional-grade
legal
solutions
so
they,
you
know,
stop
doing
that.
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