Singapore: Guidelines for lawyers using AI in works amid concerns over user info, search history being stored

Minister of State for Law Murali Pillai said the ministry is focused on the impact of technology in the legal sector.

Legal professionals will soon be equipped with a set of guidelines to assist them in the use of generative artificial intelligence (gen AI) in their work.

Speaking at the debate on the Ministry of Law’s (MinLaw) budget on March 4, Minister of State for Law Murali Pillai said the ministry is focused on the impact of technology in the legal sector.

He said even as MinLaw encourages the use of gen AI, legal professionals should use such tools safely and responsibly.

He said the need for guard rails is clear, because gen AI may give inaccurate responses or hallucinate, adding that there are security and privacy concerns as well, with some models that may store user information and search history to train the model.

“This may then be reproduced for responses to other users,” Mr Murali said.

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