News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on US v. Heppner (S.D.N.Y. 2026) no attorney-client privilege for AI chats [pdf]. Parent comment

Re:US v. Heppner (S.D.N.Y. 2026) no attorney-client privileg... by jmalicki on Thursday April 16, 2026 @01:49AM (#47789129)
So I can't turn an unprivileged draft email into a privileged email by hitting send?

At what point does my typing become communications with my lawyer?

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:US v. Heppner (S.D.N.Y. 2026) no attorney-client privileg... by jmalicki on Thursday April 16, 2026 @09:45AM (#47792869)
Reading the decision, they seem to say that online word processing software would be viewed similarly, since the TOS may allow Google to see your data, it is not confidential, so use of Google Docs or Gmail would not be considered privileged?

WTF

[ Parent | on HN ]