Ice Miller partner Michael Ott was quoted in the Law360 article "Attys Cautioned On 'Vibe Lawyering' While Using AI Tools."

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During the panel discussion, Ice Miller LLP partner Michael Ott warned about the dangers of having an AI tool agree with attorney preconceptions without evaluating the AI-generated work.

"That's a perfect storm for getting things wrong," Ott said. "You still need to check everything."

Ott discussed the perils of "vibe lawyering": It refers to lawyers delegating judgment to increasingly powerful AI tools. While it might be tempting to do this, he said, lawyers risk letting the AI make the judgment on responses, facts to contest and the tone to take.

There's also an ethical framework for avoiding vibe lawyering, Ott said, noting the American Bar Association's Formal Opinion 5.12 states lawyers must understand how generative AI works and are required to supervise AI output.

More advanced legal AI tools are capable of drafting an entire brief after a single prompt, but Ott said this is a potential pitfall for attorneys since it effectively delegates judgment to the AI tool, and it may be more difficult to spot wrong information immediately.

And as legal AI tools move into consumption-based pricing, where firms are charged for each prompt or task, regenerating a brief could be costly, Ott added.

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