All Those A.I. Note Takers? They’re Making Lawyers Very Nervous.
All Those A.I. Note Takers? They’re Making Lawyers Very Nervous.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/09/business/dealbook/ai-notetakers-legal-risk.html
Publish Date: 2026-05-09 08:00:00
Source Domain: www.nytimes.com
- Jeffrey Gifford, a lawyer from San Antonio, warns that using AI note-takers in meetings poses significant legal risks and often dismisses them before meetings.
- Corporate lawyers are concerned that AI note-takers might result in legally incriminatory transcripts being discovered in court and might void attorney-client privilege.
- Artificial intelligence note-taking may record conversations in ways that are not accurate or reflect the proper context and could lead to problematic interpretations in the future.
- Recent court cases offer some insight; Judge Jed S. Rakoff ruled transcripts from an AI advising on legal matters were not privileged while Judge Gershwin A. Drain ruled otherwise in a different situation.
- Even as AI is increasingly integrated into business, most companies are heeding warnings to avoid using AI note-takers to avoid significant legal pitfalls.
