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The legal profession's AI challenge extends far beyond fabricated case citations, according to a warning about the next phase of technological risk
Writing in NLJ this week, Dr Alan Ma, Birmingham Law Society and Birmingham City University, argues that 'information bias'—where AI omits or deprioritises important authorities—may prove harder to detect than outright hallucinations.
A system grounded in trusted sources can still present an incomplete picture, he says, asking: ‘What has not been surfaced?’
Rather than retreating from AI, the profession should strengthen verification, transparency and independent professional judgement.
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