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00:02U.S. lawyers are warning clients not to treat AI chatbots as confidential when discussing legal
00:08matters after a New York federal judge ruled that a former CEO must turn over chatbot-generated
00:14documents in a fraud case. According to Reuters, attorneys said chats with tools like ChatGPT and
00:20Claude could be requested in criminal or civil proceedings because no attorney-client relationship
00:25exists. The case involved Bradley Heppner, former GWG Holdings chair and beneficent founder who was
00:32charged with securities and wire fraud and pleaded not guilty. Law firms are advising clients to avoid
00:38sharing legal advice with AI or risk-waiving privilege. Courts are still defining how AI-generated
00:44content is treated and guidance remains unsettled. For all things money, visit Benzinga.com.
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