"In two recent cases, US district courts in Colorado and Michigan have held that a self-represented party bringing civil proceedings was entitled to claim privilege, in the form of the US work product doctrine, over their interactions with a public AI tool: 

It's extremely rare and definitely not advised to go into any court trial or process without an attorney, so this scenario almost never applies to anyone else with AI, but it's an interesting twist on a tool the government also says has no copyright protection.

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"In two recent cases, US district courts in Colorado and Michigan have held that a self-represented party bringing civil proceedings was entitled to claim privilege, in the form of the US work product doctrine, over their interactions with a public AI tool: *Morgan v V2X Inc*, 30 March 2026 and *Warner v Gilbarco Inc*, 10 February 2026."

It's extremely rare and definitely not advised to go into any court trial or process without an attorney, so this scenario almost never applies to anyone else with AI, but it's an interesting twist on a tool the government also says has no copyright protection.