GuidesDoing private work with AI
Plain answers to questions people ask before they trust a tool with a conversation, a recording or a brief — including how to check the answer yourself.
Everyday privacy
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How to transcribe a recording without uploading it
Why most transcription uploads your audio, how in-browser transcription works, and two ways to check for yourself that a recording stays on your device.
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How to run an AI model in your own browser
What it takes to run an open-weight model inside a web page, what your device needs, which model to start with, and how to check that nothing you type is sent.
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How to tell whether an AI chat is really private
Six questions to ask any AI chat service before you type something sensitive, and which of the answers you can check for yourself.
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How to turn a photo into a PDF without uploading it
Make a PDF from a JPEG, PNG or WebP in your own browser, without the picture going to anybody's server.
Legal work
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How to catch a fabricated citation before you file
The five ways a citation can be wrong, what to check for each one before you file, and what a free checker can and cannot tell you.
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How to build a table of authorities without uploading your brief
Cases, statutes, regulations and rules, sorted, with the pages each appears on, built from the brief in your own browser.
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How to get a deposition summary from AI that you can check
A page-line digest of a transcript, where every cite is checked against the lines it came from and the transcript can stay on your computer.
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Can you put client information into an AI chatbot?
What Rule 1.6 and ABA Formal Opinion 512 ask before client information goes into a generative AI tool, and the questions to put to any vendor.