Law firms: GenAI top concerns worldwide 2023

In 2023, the top concern of law firms around generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) worldwide was unintended consequences and unforeseen circumstances. This was closely followed by concerns around privacy and data security. The issues to be least concerned about according to respondents were ethics and morality, and economic disruption and job displacement.

Law firms top concerns around generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) worldwide in 2023

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Release date

December 2023

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

June to July 2023

Number of respondents

234 legal professionals

Supplementary notes

Respondents were asked to "sort by importance your concerns around generative artificial intelligence". The source does not clarify the meaning of the "share of respondents" figures. It might indicate that 29 percent of respondents put "privacy and data security" as their number one concern.

Legal service professionals from 37 countries were represented in the survey.

Broken down by region:

Western Europe: 51.4 percent
Eastern Europe: 31.6 percent
Southern Europe: 5.2 percent
Northern Europe: 3.6 percent
Other countries: 9.6 percent.

Other countries were Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Chile, Colombia, Egypt, India, Israel, Japan, South Africa, and Turkey.

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