Fact · Voice privacy and security
ABA Formal Opinion 512 says that self-learning AI tools, by their nature, raise the risk that one client's information is disclosed to others.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“by their very nature, raise the risk that information relating to one client’s representation may be disclosed improperly”
Formal Opinion 512: Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools, ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility, American Bar Association, 2024, Section B, Confidentiality.
Open the original- What it measures
- The opinion explains that self-learning tools can carry one client's information into outputs for other users, even when only the firm's own lawyers use the tool.
- What it does not show
- The opinion treats the risk as fact-driven. Whether a particular tool learns from inputs depends on its terms and settings.