AI ruling prompts warnings from US lawyers: Your chats could be used against you

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Reuters covers fallout from Heppner ruling on AI chat privilege
Lawyers warning clients that AI chat sessions with Claude and similar tools are discoverable
Parallel concern raised: medical AI chatbots may lack HIPAA protection under same logic
Defense lawyers not involved in AI sessions = no privilege shield

Business opportunity spotted: a lawyer-run AI service where all users are clients, preserving privilege
Local models recommended as the privacy-safe alternative for sensitive conversations
Concern that AI tools become legally unusable if stripped of the same protections as other work product
Headline wordplay noted: “prompts” used in AI story headline caused double-takes