Mark Giancaspro (University of Adelaide School of Law) presented a lecture on a topic related to Private law and AI theme of research.
The issue - quite topical in the private law space at the moment - concerns private organisations feeding commissioned reports into GenAI platforms for ulterior purposes beyond those for which the reports were provided.
For example, some insurers are feeding loss adjuster reports into GenAI platforms to produce new outputs and train GenAI models when the reports contain clauses saying they are only to be used for insurance purposes.
Similarly, law firms are reportedly feeding large expert reports (such as psych assessments) into GenAI platforms to create templates and also train their AI models.
These practices raise a staggering number of red flags, including violation of privacy laws, confidentiality clauses, legal privilege (in some cases) and more. It applies across a variety of contexts in private law, including the legal, insurance, valuation, property and other sectors, and is going to become an increasingly significant problem in time.