Legal large language models (LLMs): legal dynamos or “fancifully packaged ChatGPT”?

This brief comment considers the impact of large language models (LLMs) specifically designed for legal tasks. In the author’s view, conversations regarding the use of such LLMs in the legal profession have been considered from various extremes depending on those leading the conversation. A proper contextualization of the role of legal LLMs should be the aim.

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Discover Artificial Intelligence
Published
2025-03-06
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s44163-024-00167-8
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Artificial Intelligence in Law
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Legal large language models (LLMs): legal dynamos or “fancifully packaged ChatGPT”?

Fife Ogunde
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Artificial Intelligence in Law
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Legal large language models (LLMs): legal dynamos or “fancifully packaged ChatGPT”?

Fife Ogunde
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Abstract

This brief comment considers the impact of large language models (LLMs) specifically designed for legal tasks. In the author’s view, conversations regarding the use of such LLMs in the legal profession have been considered from various extremes depending on those leading the conversation. A proper contextualization of the role of legal LLMs should be the aim.

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Legal large language models (LLMs): legal dynamos or “fancifully packaged ChatGPT”? — Fife Ogunde · Discover Artificial Intelligence (2025) | TGRS Research Map | TGRS