Use of AI resulting in personal injury and property damage. Driverless car accidents, crashing and damage caused by AI drones, wrongful medical treatment diagnosis by AI. Liability issues of AI addressed under civil and criminal liability, product design legislation, product liability, service to which the tort of negligence applies
AI can now be used responsibly to increase the quality of legal services. However in the case Zhang v. Chen, 2024 BCSC 285, a lawyer filed two fictitious cases in her notice of application, which were generated by ChatGPT but not verified for authenticity. The family law case involved an application for costs following an…
Currently in Canada the use of Artificial intelligence to perform legal research and writing is unregulated. Likewise, the use of AI to interact with clients, the court and third parties remains a wild west for the legal profession. However, lawyers will be unlikely to escape liability for the legal opinions, research or human interaction of…