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Where there's a will, AI still has work to do

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Probate lawyer finds generated document looked the part but missed many of the questions that matter

A UK law firm has put AI-generated wills on trial, and the chatbot didn't fare particularly well under cross-examination.

SE Solicitors has taken an AI chatbot to task after asking it to draft a will for a fictional client, concluding that while the result looked convincing enough, it missed many of the questions a probate solicitor would normally ask before putting anything into writing.

The firm asked the chatbot to prepare a will for "Daniel," an unmarried 42-year-old with two adult children, a £440,000 house, £10,000 in savings, a car, and a dog. Wills and probate senior associate Tom McInerney then reviewed the document to see how it stacked up.

McInerney said the draft read well enough, but only until you start looking for the information and safeguards it omitted.

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