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A US judge ruled that a fraud defendant's AI chats with Claude are not privileged

The Next Web · thenextweb.com

The facts of the Heppner case, the judge's three reasons and the 31 seized documents, told for a general reader.

The question it answers

  1. Is what I tell ChatGPT or Claude about my legal problem confidential, like talking to a lawyer?

Read with it

  1. Explains privilege and work product in plain terms and why the Heppner court found chats with public Claude were not privileged. harvey.ai Article The Rules of Privilege Still Apply When Lawyers use AI Harvey
  2. OpenAI's own chief executive saying ChatGPT conversations lack the protection you get with a doctor, therapist or lawyer. techcrunch.com Article Sam Altman warns there's no legal confidentiality when using ChatGPT as a therapist TechCrunch
  3. Shows why a consumer chat is not confidential in the legal sense: chats can be used for training or reviewed when flagged. privacy.claude.com Guide Is my data used for model training? Anthropic
  4. Even a Temporary Chat may be kept up to 30 days, and deleting a chat is a separate step from turning off training. help.openai.com Guide Data controls in ChatGPT OpenAI
  5. A running list of court cases where AI-made-up citations reached a judge, a reason to check any legal answer with an advocate. damiencharlotin.com Tool AI Hallucination Cases Database Damien Charlotin
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