# When AI chatbots and LLMs get legal, check your privilege > Source: > Published: 2026-07-31 12:06:10+00:00 # When AI chatbots and LLMs get legal, check your privilege From the reader mailbag: "Recently there has been talk about privilege in a legal context when people and their lawyers use an LLM. What gets discussed with an LLM could form part of the disclosures required. ...I wonder how much of this data could be required to be divulged in a legal context in future court proceedings." It's a really interesting thought, with a complicated answer. The answer is, "it depends." More industries than ever [ are relying on AI chatbots and LLMs](https://this.weekinsecurity.com/why-your-doctors-ai-recorder-can-be-bad-for-your-health-and-privacy/) for a growing number of everyday tasks. That means offloading work — often including sensitive information — to a commercial AI model that's hosted on the internet. The legal profession is no different. Much of the discussion about AI and LLM use in the legal world has focused on protecting the confidentiality of a client's case, a principle that runs core to the U.S. justice system for fair legal representation. A key concern is that any information fed into a commercial chatbot — whether for writing legal arguments or summarizing discussions or documents — could later get disclosed as part of the legal process and undermine the client's legal strategy. It also raises broader questions about where any sensitive data sent to an AI chatbot or LLM goes, where it is stored, and who can later access it. *Curious to know more? More for Astonishing admin subscribers after this brief interlude... *__Please consider a subscription to read on!__* Your subscription helps to support longer reads and deeper dives like this.*