AI helps with contracts, how do I keep that safe?
AI is a fast first-draft typist for legal text, not a lawyer. A few habits prevent a mistake reaching the other side.
Try this first
- 1Use AI for: rough drafts, summarising a counter-proposal, checking for obvious mistakes or inconsistencies. Not for: final send without review.
- 2Statute references AI cites: always look them up yourself. AI regularly invents article numbers that do not exist.
- 3Amounts, dates, percentages: never copy blindly from AI output. Hallucinations bite hardest here in legal damage.
- 4Important contracts: a real lawyer signs off. AI shortens the work, does not replace it.
- 5Confidentiality: use a business AI with DPA for customer contracts. Free ChatGPT with customer names in it is a problem for the counterparty.
When to bring us in
Doubt about an AI-edited contract for a major customer or partner: have a lawyer go through it, cheapest insurance you can buy.
See also
- Can I paste a customer file or email into ChatGPT?Depends on the account and settings. Free ChatGPT and a Team tenant behave very differently from what most people assume.
- I want a one-page AI policy for my teamA real one-pager beats a thick document nobody reads. Four headers and concrete examples.
- How do I tell if an AI answer is made up?Models sound confident even when they are wrong. A few habits catch most mistakes.
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