Where there's a will, AI still has work to do
Wills and probate senior associate Tom McInerney then reviewed the document to see how it stacked up. REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); McInerney said the draft read well enough, but only until you start looking for the information and safeguards it omitted. REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/c'); }); "The rise of AI has allowed people to prepare legal documents themselves, and I completely understand that impulse," McInerney said.
- ▪Wills and probate senior associate Tom McInerney then reviewed the document to see how it stacked up.
- ▪REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); McInerney said the draft read well enough, but only until you start looking for the information and safeguards it omitted.
- ▪REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/c'); }); "The rise of AI has allowed people to prepare legal documents themselves, and I completely understand that impulse," McInerney said.
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