Social media is alight with news that OpenAI has changed its terms, with a commitment not to provide ‘legal advice’, but AL took a look and it still does a lot that many would consider well within a lawyer’s work.

On Oct 29, OpenAI stated in its updated usage terms that ‘we don’t allow our services to be used…..to interfere with the ability ….to access critical services, including any use case for: automation of high-stakes decisions in sensitive areas without human review:……legal, medical, essential government services,….’

And it also said: ‘…you cannot use our services for: … provision of tailored advice that requires a license, such as legal or medical advice, without appropriate involvement by a licensed professional.’

This led to many lawyers rejoicing online…..but perhaps a little too soon. First, OpenAI’s LLMs have for a long time been telling users – if you really press them for legal advice – that you should seek the help of a lawyer, after first giving you tons and tons of legal ‘help’. So, that didn’t stop anyone from using GPT5 or any other ‘raw’ LLM for legal help before.

And perhaps more importantly, AL asked GPT5 today – after the terms changed – for some legal help and it was more than happy to oblige.

In this entirely experimental example, AL asked the LLM: ‘Can you tell me how to hire a new employee?’ It explained in detail all the main English law areas connected to this. Then AL asked it to make an employment contract, with reference to a range of...

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