Law firm banns AI after the use of ‘important’ staff

An international law firm has blocked the general access to several Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools after “significant increase in use” by its employees.

In an email seen by the BBC, a senior director of Hill Dicinson, which employs more than a thousand people in the UK warned the employees of the use of AI Tool.

The firm stated that a lot of uses were not in line with their AI policy, and moving forward would allow only employees to reach the equipment through the request process.

A spokesman of the Information Commissioner’s office – UK data watchdog – told BBC News that firms should not discourage the use of AI in work.

The spokesperson said: “With countless ways to work more efficiently and effectively to people with AI, AI underlined the use of AI and Drive Staff to use AI’s use under Radars, for organizations, for answer organizations. Can not be done.

“Instead, companies need to offer their staff AI tools that meet their organizational policies and data security obligations.”

In email, Hill Dicinson’s Chief Technology Officer stated that the law firm detected over 32,000 hits for popular chatbot chatgate over a seven -day period in January and February.

During the same time limit, Chinese AI Seva also had more than 3,000 hits for Deepsek, which was recently Australian government banned on security concerns,

It also exposed around 50,000 hits at Grammarli, Writing Assistance tool.

However, it is not clear how many occasions the employees visited chat, deepsek, or grammar, or how many employees were repeatedly visited, because every time websites were used by the user many hits.

Email to Hill Dicinson’s employees said: “We are monitoring the use of AL tools, especially publicly available genetic AL solutions, and the use of such equipment, and the use of such equipment, and the upload of files have seen a significant increase in uploading files. . “

Hill Dicinson, who has offices in many parts of England and abroad, later told the BBC News: “Like many law firms, we always ensure safe and proper use by our people to increase our abilities by ensuring AI equipment Target the use of the use positively.

The firm said that its AI policy, which includes guidance that prohibits uploading customer information and requires employees to verify the accuracy of large language model reactions, ensure that use “safe, Will be safe and effective “.

The firm is now providing access to the AI ​​tool through only a request process. It is understood that some requests have already been received and approved.

A spokesman for the Solicitor Regulation Authority, who controls Solicitor in England and Wales, told BBC News, “Despite this increasing interest in new technology, there is a lack of digital skills in all areas in the UK.

“It can offer a risk for firms and consumers if the legal doctors do not fully understand the new technique to be implemented.”

According to a survey by 500 UK Solicitor by legal software provider Cleo in September, 62% estimated an increase in the use of AI in the next 12 months.

It was found that the use of law firms across the UK was using technology such as draft documents, reviewing or analyzing contracts and legal research.

A department of science, innovation and technology spokes described AI as a “technical jump”, which would “unlock the workers free from repetitive tasks and more rewarding opportunities”.

He told BBC News: “We are committed to bringing further laws, which allows us to feel the vast benefits of AI safely. We are widely attached and a public consultation to ensure that Will begin to address our approach effectively to address this rapidly developed technology. “

Additional Reporting by Live McMahon