Estate lawyers warn against using AI chatbots to write wills, citing legal risks
Estate lawyers in Canada are seeing clients use AI chatbots like ChatGPT to prepare for will-writing meetings. While lawyers don't mind clients using AI for preliminary research or to organize thoughts, they strongly warn against letting chatbots actually draft legal wills. The technology lacks the nuance, jurisdiction-specific knowledge, and understanding of complex family situations needed for legally binding estate documents. Lawyers emphasize that AI-generated wills can create costly legal problems and disputes after death.
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Meeting with lawyers is 'stressful on a good day' and even more so when it involves planning for what happens after you pass
While Mr. Higgins does not recommend people use generative artificial intelligence to make their own wills, he said some clients benefit from having more detailed and technical discussions after they
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