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NLJ this week: ChatGPT takes Roger Smith’s legal advice exam

24 March 2023
Issue: 8018 / Categories: Legal News , Technology , Legal services , Artificial intelligence , Cyber
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Could chatbots open up access to justice? NLJ columnist and former Justice director Roger Smith puts ChatGPT to the test in this week’s issue. 

Smith strikes up conversation with the chatbot and seeks some advice on a range of legal issues. He writes: ‘ChatGPT is fast and scarily broad in its coverage.’

While the artificial intelligence tool definitely has a chatty side, would it impress those who work in legal tech? It’s possible. Could it pass the Solicitors Qualifying Exam? More importantly, did it pass Roger Smith’s test?

To find out, see here for more.

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NEWS
Robert Taylor of 360 Law Services warns in this week's NLJ that adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) risks entrenching disadvantage for SME law firms, unless tools are tailored to their needs
From oligarchs to cosmetic clinics, strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) target journalists, activists and ordinary citizens with intimidating legal tactics. Writing in NLJ this week, Sadie Whittam of Lancaster University explores the weaponisation of litigation to silence critics
Delays and dysfunction continue to mount in the county court, as revealed in a scathing Justice Committee report and under discussion this week by NLJ columnist Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School. Bulk claims—especially from private parking firms—are overwhelming the system, with 8,000 cases filed weekly
Writing in NLJ this week, Thomas Rothwell and Kavish Shah of Falcon Chambers unpack the surprise inclusion of a ban on upwards-only rent reviews in the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve charts the turbulent progress of the Employment Rights Bill through the House of Lords, in this week's NLJ
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