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burningiontoday at 11:44 AM5 repliesview on HN

The main point raised in the article is that these bots may void attorney client privileges.

But the real danger with these IMO is that they're turning casual conversations into a permanent record, and one that will be completely discoverable in court, should the company get into trouble later.


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coffeebeqntoday at 11:48 AM

Plus they are super inaccurate. Gemini gets one of its three bullet subtly or very majorly wrong almost every time. Just a few weeks ago Gemini said we’re rolling out our payment setup in Russia. You know the place where we have 20+ sanctions packages on? We were talking about France in the meeting.

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LanceHtoday at 1:01 PM

> But the real danger with these IMO is that they're turning casual conversations into a permanent record, and one that will be completely discoverable in court, should the company get into trouble later.

I would add that their is no guarantee their are correct as well.

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stego-techtoday at 12:47 PM

This. The fact LLMs can also amplify existing closed-set research means even smaller shops can now search through a flood of documents to find smoking guns or critical evidence, much faster.

I’ve been saying it since the mid-10s, but it’s worth repeating: data isn’t gold, it’s more like oxygen in a room in that the higher the concentration, the more likely it is to poison the inhabitants or explode with an errant spark (lawsuit).

Collect only what’s needed to perform the function, and store it only as long as necessary for compliance. Anything else is going to spool counsel.

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watwuttoday at 12:16 PM

Basically, it will be harder to hide illegal and unethical stuff companies routinely engage in.

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