Australians going through separation are increasingly turning to ChatGPT before they ever speak to a lawyer asking about custody, property and what they’re ‘entitled to’.

The problem is, they’re making real decisions based on advice that’s often wrong. Family lawyers are now having to step in and undo that advice after the fact.

Mike speaks with Gabriella Pomare, a Sydney-based family lawyer, who is seeing this every week.

She says clients arrive confident in what they’ve been told but family law is highly specific to each situation, and generic AI ‘advice’ can lead people down the wrong path very quickly.

In some cases, early decisions are difficult and sometimes impossible to unwind.