Protect Your Privacy – Never Use AI After A Crash

It has become commonplace in this day and age for the average person to use artificial intelligence tools to help them understand confusing or difficult concepts. One particular trend is to ask questions of these tools after car or motorcycle accidents, wondering if your case might settle or how much a payout might be – but this is one of the worst things that an injured person can possibly do in that moment. There are many reasons why this is the case, but one of the most important is the shattering of attorney-client confidentiality.

No Privacy With AI

When a person is injured in any kind of vehicle accident, whether with a car, motorcycle, or large truck, they will hire an attorney if they choose to seek damages for the harm they have suffered. If you hire an attorney, the things you tell them are confidential – and except in extremely rare circumstances, an attorney must keep everything you tell them confidential. In addition, all the work they do on your case is generally confidential as well, due to a legal rule known as the work product doctrine.

This is not true of any artificial intelligence tool. Case law has established that questions or information entered into an AI tool like ChatGPT or Claude is not private or protected in any way. If an insurer or investigator had access to your computer, they would have access to little details of your accident that they might not otherwise have had. Alternatively, they may accuse you of concealing details you had no intent to conceal.

Beware Comparative Negligence

Many U.S. residents who use AI do so in order to feel relieved or comforted by a concrete answer during uncertain moments. However, the stakes are simply too high to risk on this kind of temporary comfort, mostly because Florida follows a legal rule known as pure comparative negligence. This system holds that if a person is found greater than 50 percent at fault for their own injuries, they are not allowed to recover money damages.

What this means for the average injured person is that if their search history is discovered, the prompts they give Claude or ChatGPT can shed light on their state of mind or the real sequence of events. For example, if the injured plaintiff admits in a prompt to ChatGPT that they may have not stopped their vehicle in time, or if they “think” they used their turn signal, an investigator for an insurer can extrapolate that into a plaintiff’s liability, rather than their client’s. When the defendant is a large truck or their employer, this can be a costly error.

Contact A Tampa Truck Accident Attorney

If you have been involved in an accident with a large truck in Florida, a Tampa truck accident attorney from the Rinaldo Law Group may be able to help. We have handled these types of cases before – let our human attorneys work for you and protect your privacy. Call our office today at (813) 831-9999 to schedule a consultation.