Hello all!
I recently heard about AIlawyer.be on a VRT podcast. The President of the OVB was quite positive about its ability to answer more general questions of law. He did warn about relying on it for individual cases. As a lawyer, I think it's a great tool to get a better understanding of your case or your legal position and can only applaud such initiatives.
This post, however, is not about the chatbot itself, but the reason for its existence. The chatbot was launched by Mashaah LLC, an American company. It is completely free (even the pro-model), as far as I could find. It supposedly guarantees privacy and is supposed to be used by ordinary people, meaning that the pool of relevant documents and information seems rather small to me. If you click on 'find a lawyer', it will send you to the official website to search for a lawyer (www.advocaat.be), so again no monetization.
This leaves me wondering: what's in it for Mashaah LLC, a for-profit American company?
I suppose training is useful, but the chatbot's answers aren't validated by anyone. Perhaps they intend to first capture the market, and only after start monetizing, but even then it seems strange that they don't immediately offer a subscription for certain benefits or professionals.
Any thoughts or ideas?
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