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Bluesky · bsky.app
“RFK Jr’s HHS getting caught submitting legal filings where 22 out of 29 footnotes were fabricated by AI!”
CriticizesHallucinationUnverified voice
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ChatGPT vs Gemini: what lawyers say.
Short answer. ChatGPT has net sentiment −13 on 2,467 public lawyer voices and Gemini has +28 on 134, as of . Gemini is ahead on this record: the two 90% bands do not overlap. Net is like minus dislike as a share of voices.
Gemini ahead on this record: the two 90% bands do not overlap.
2,467 voices on ChatGPT and 134 on Gemini, all public posts by lawyers and people who work with them, since 2023. This is how they describe using each tool, not a test of the tools. ChatGPT is a general-purpose model by OpenAI; Gemini is a general-purpose model by Google.
This pair no longer clears the rule we use for comparison pages: too few searches that actually compare the two tools (searches for how to use them together do not count). The page stays so links keep working, but search engines are asked not to index it, and every figure on it is still recomputed from the current record.
Side by side
Rates and bands, not raw totals.
 ChatGPT | Gemini | |
|---|---|---|
| Voices on record | 2,467 | 134 |
| Like · mixed · dislike | 832 · 321 · 1,162 | 73 · 18 · 36 |
| Net like minus dislike, % of voices | −13 90% band −16 to −10 | +28 90% band +15 to +39 |
| Confidence | High | Medium |
| Per 100 voices: like · dislike · name hallucinations | 34 · 47 · 27 | 54 · 27 · 20 |
| Latest voice |
Gemini has the higher net (+28 against −13) and the two 90% bands do not overlap. That describes who posts and how they feel, not which product is better. Difference in net: −41 points (ChatGPT minus Gemini).
By task
What they were doing when they posted.
| Task | ChatGPT | Gemini |
|---|---|---|
| Legal research | 623 voices · net −34 | 31 voices · net +42 |
| Drafting | 573 voices · net +22 | 27 voices · net +48 |
| Contract review | 57 voices · net −11 | 3 voices, too few for a net |
| Citation checking | 157 voices · net −69 | 9 voices · net −56 |
| Discovery | 32 voices · net +9 | 2 voices, too few for a net |
| Summarization | 114 voices · net +5 | 11 voices · net +36 |
| General use | 790 voices · net −18 | 45 voices · net +11 |
Net here is plain like minus dislike as a share of that task’s voices, with no band: a task needs 5+ voices on a side to show one. Tasks with fewer on both sides are left out. A voice has one task, set by our classifier.
What they complain about and value
ChatGPT · complaints
- Hallucination 665
- Accuracy 596
- Privacy 276
ChatGPT · what they value
- Time saved 351
- Drafting quality 262
- Accuracy 151
Gemini · complaints
- Hallucination 27
- Accuracy 24
- Privacy 18
Gemini · what they value
- Accuracy 29
- Time saved 23
- Drafting quality 13
Counts are voices that name that complaint or value (top three per tool). A voice can name one of each. Not a comparison of raw totals: the bigger side has more posts of every kind.
In their own words
Each quote is a verbatim span of a counted voice, with its date and a link to the original.
On ChatGPT · verbatim
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Bluesky · bsky.app
“Orally must admit, impressive.”
ValuesGeneral useUnverified voice
Hacker News
“[...] my friend has said it has just made up case law that isn't real.”
in “The Anthropic Economic Index” · 2 voices
MixedHallucinationSecond-hand report
On Gemini · verbatim
Hacker News
“Considering Opus 5.5 only gets a 4% on the test compared to Gemini’s 20%, that’s actually pretty incredible.”
in “Gemini 4 Argon” · 2 voices
ValuesAccuracyUnverified voice
r/legaltech
“Will be interesting to see how their model performs, we are finding real world ambiguity with Gemini pro 2.5.”
in “Harvey Launches Its First In-House Legal Model — Built on Moonshot’s Kimi K3, Not GPT or Claude”
CriticizesAccuracyUnverified voice
r/LawFirm
“I thought what I had was great and decently customized for what I was trying to do.”
in “Anyone else using/building their own custom CRM/case management system?” · 4 voices
MixedIntegrationUnverified voice
3 more voices in this thread
- r/LawFirm · Aug 3, 2026ValuesMost apps sold to law firms can be built with AI coding tools easily and cheaply, as shown by the author's own document signing tool feeding a case management app. (summary, not a quote)open
- r/LawFirm · Aug 3, 2026ClaudeValues
“Yay! A kindred spirit! In reality, I think I’m just addicted to Claude.”
open - r/LawFirm · Aug 3, 2026ClaudeValues
“I'm not in the "generative AI is trash for generating law firm docs" camp.”
open
When both come up in one thread
Voices from threads where posters name ChatGPT and Gemini. Open the thread for the whole exchange.
“ChatGPT is still miles above it even though it sucks now too.”
in “ChatGPT v. Gemini” · 23 voices
MixedAccuracyUnverified voice
22 more voices in this thread
- r/LawFirm · Feb 19, 2026ChatGPTValues
“Use ChatGPT Pro. It is the slowest, most expensive, and highest quality answer to any question.”
open - r/LawFirm · Oct 6, 2025ChatGPTCriticizes
“Agree, huge drop off in quality of paid Chat GPT in last few weeks.”
open - r/LawFirm · Oct 2, 2025ChatGPTMixed
“ChatGPT is great for brainstorming and drafting, but when it comes to parsing long, dense legal docs it still makes stuff up if it “thinks” it should be there.”
open - r/LawFirm · Oct 1, 2025GeminiCriticizes
“Gemini is definitely not accurate. Take any deposition and check the pincites Gemini provides and you will find many inaccuracies.”
open - r/LawFirm · Sep 29, 2025GeminiValues
“It seems like Gemini is currently more reliable for purely "grounded" tasks like summarizing what's right there on the page and nothing more.”
open - r/LawFirm · Sep 28, 2025GeminiCriticizes
“I did have Gemini lie to me once about a citation, and it fought me even when I said it was hallucinating because the language that it was citing didn't exist in the document.”
open - r/LawFirm · Sep 28, 2025GeminiMixed
“It's able to find web results that GPT and Claude haven't been able to find, but it will throw off a lot of hallucinations on document analysis, too.”
open - r/LawFirm · Sep 28, 2025
CopilotNeutral“CoPilot uses Claude (it used to use GPT), so I'm not sure why the speaker would think it's a closed system.”
open - r/LawFirm · Sep 28, 2025ClaudeValues
“Honestly, I typically bounce around from LLMs, Claude being my preferred but it sometimes feels like on any given day one of them is out performing the other on a specific use case.”
open - r/LawFirm · Sep 28, 2025ChatGPTValues
“ChatCPT is far superior. It's not even close.”
open - r/LawFirm · Sep 27, 2025GeminiCriticizes
“It’s essentially like google said “if you don’t want to share with us then we aren’t going to let Gemini store, hold or access anything at all.” 👎”
open - r/LawFirm · Sep 27, 2025ChatGPTMixed
“It’s not bad if you know all the tips and tricks to keep it on track; like starting a new chat before a major task, giving it clear instructions each time (bc it tends to forget saves prompts).”
open - r/LawFirm · Sep 27, 2025ChatGPTCriticizes
“Large language models are not reliable .”
open - r/LawFirm · Sep 27, 2025ChatGPTValues
“I use ChatGPT successfully to help summarize intakes, create outlines, point me toward the law, give me tactical considerations for generating depo questions, etc.”
open - r/LawFirm · Sep 27, 2025GeminiValues
“Bottom line: make it show receipts; once you require quotes and cites, both models behave much better.”
open - r/LawFirm · Sep 26, 2025ClaudeValues
“I've found Claude to be, by far, the most accurate and least hallucination-prone of any of them.”
open - r/LawFirm · Sep 26, 2025ChatGPTCriticizes
“I used it again not two weeks ago on another deposition and it was shitty.”
open - r/LawFirm · Sep 26, 2025ChatGPTCriticizes
“Despite the fact that I give it clear and detailed directions it more often than not only partially follows them and it requires multiple attempts to complete assignments to my satisfaction.”
open - r/LawFirm · Sep 26, 2025ChatGPTMixed
“I know for business products, like what we use (api, ChatGPT business and enterprise) there’s stricter privacy control.”
open - r/LawFirm · Sep 26, 2025CriticizesSays all LLMs including legal-branded ones hallucinate and that careful prompting and model choice can replicate them, noting GPT-5 was not great. (summary, not a quote)open
- r/LawFirm · Sep 26, 2025CoCounselValues
“Duo through Clio and Co-Counsel through Westlaw are two versions that I would rely on more that are vetted for law firm use. Co-Counsel has guardrails to prevent hallucinations.”
open - r/LawFirm · Sep 26, 2025ChatGPTCriticizes
“I asked it to review and summarize a word document. It was completely wrong.”
open
“G-cloud vertex ai. Their Gemini model is okay.”
in “Most Law Firms Should Use a Frontier LLM (e.g., Claude) through AWS Bedrock” · 18 voices
NeutralGeneral useUnverified voice
17 more voices in this thread
- r/legaltech · Oct 8, 2026ClaudeValues
“I actually set this up, it works as advertised. Cost is a wash, you can set it up in a day w/ AWS provided scripts and you own 100% of all data.”
open - r/legaltech · Sep 26, 2026CriticizesFinds AWS Bedrock one of the hardest and most expensive providers to work with, citing confusing endpoints, difficult access to newer models and a support assistant that gave wrong answers, and warns that cheap AI packages are subsidized by training on user data. (summary, not a quote)open
- r/legaltech · Sep 24, 2026CriticizesPrivacy settings at Anthropic and OpenAI are only software toggles, so a Bedrock deployment with contractual no-retention terms is preferable. (summary, not a quote)open
- r/legaltech · Sep 21, 2026NeutralSuggests running models through a cloud provider such as AWS because it gives access to several model families, while Anthropic's enterprise plan covers only Anthropic models. (summary, not a quote)open
- r/legaltech · Sep 21, 2026ClaudeNeutral
“Claude Platform allow using API or UI and you have ZDR.”
open - r/legaltech · Sep 21, 2026NeutralExplains that models hosted in the cloud provider's data center can have inputs and outputs wiped after processing. (summary, not a quote)open
- r/legaltech · Sep 20, 2026ChatGPTValues
“Each time I read one of these threads I’m hoping someone will identify the distinction, but nobody ever does.”
open - r/legaltech · Sep 20, 2026ClaudeCriticizes
“The AI provider does have the right and ability to review your non zdr data under certain conditions.”
open - r/legaltech · Sep 20, 2026CriticizesStorage in the cloud is not the issue; the concern is whether AI providers can use client content for their own model development. (summary, not a quote)open
- r/legaltech · Sep 20, 2026ClaudeNeutral
“Claude Teams does not offer ZDR https://code.claude.com/docs/en/zero-data-retention”
open - r/legaltech · Sep 20, 2026ClaudeNeutral
“Well yeah that’s why we use Claude Team. We could pay Enterprise but it would roughly 10x our AI spend”
open - r/legaltech · Sep 20, 2026ClaudeValues
“That’s precisely why I’m comfortable with Claude Team and not Enterprise. Too expensive for marginal security improvements.”
open - r/legaltech · Sep 20, 2026ClaudeCriticizes
“You’ve given a third party access to client confidential information - and it’s potentially subject to subpoena or legal hold.”
open - r/legaltech · Sep 20, 2026ChatGPTNeutral
“Standard licensing on business version still has 30 day retention and OpenAI can technically - and does on occasion - review your data (they are liking for illegal stuff like content related to cp or violent activity).”
open - r/legaltech · Sep 20, 2026ClaudeValues
“I am aware of literally dozens (conservative number) of firms using Claude Team as their AI of choice.”
open - r/legaltech · Sep 20, 2026ClaudeMixed
“Claude is easy, but Opus and Fable specifically are a little more difficult and required some additional requirements and approvals to data retention policies (going against OP's claim that you have full control over it).”
open - r/legaltech · Sep 20, 2026ClaudeValues
“Either Claude Enterprise or Claude Team directly have exactly the same relevant protections.”
open
“Standard licensing on business version still has 30 day retention and OpenAI can technically - and does on occasion - review your data (they are liking for illegal stuff like content related to cp or violent activity).”
in “Most Law Firms Should Use a Frontier LLM (e.g., Claude) through AWS Bedrock” · 18 voices
NeutralGeneral useUnverified voice
17 more voices in this thread
- r/legaltech · Oct 8, 2026ClaudeValues
“I actually set this up, it works as advertised. Cost is a wash, you can set it up in a day w/ AWS provided scripts and you own 100% of all data.”
open - r/legaltech · Sep 26, 2026CriticizesFinds AWS Bedrock one of the hardest and most expensive providers to work with, citing confusing endpoints, difficult access to newer models and a support assistant that gave wrong answers, and warns that cheap AI packages are subsidized by training on user data. (summary, not a quote)open
- r/legaltech · Sep 24, 2026CriticizesPrivacy settings at Anthropic and OpenAI are only software toggles, so a Bedrock deployment with contractual no-retention terms is preferable. (summary, not a quote)open
- r/legaltech · Sep 22, 2026GeminiNeutral
“G-cloud vertex ai. Their Gemini model is okay.”
open - r/legaltech · Sep 21, 2026NeutralSuggests running models through a cloud provider such as AWS because it gives access to several model families, while Anthropic's enterprise plan covers only Anthropic models. (summary, not a quote)open
- r/legaltech · Sep 21, 2026ClaudeNeutral
“Claude Platform allow using API or UI and you have ZDR.”
open - r/legaltech · Sep 21, 2026NeutralExplains that models hosted in the cloud provider's data center can have inputs and outputs wiped after processing. (summary, not a quote)open
- r/legaltech · Sep 20, 2026ChatGPTValues
“Each time I read one of these threads I’m hoping someone will identify the distinction, but nobody ever does.”
open - r/legaltech · Sep 20, 2026ClaudeCriticizes
“The AI provider does have the right and ability to review your non zdr data under certain conditions.”
open - r/legaltech · Sep 20, 2026CriticizesStorage in the cloud is not the issue; the concern is whether AI providers can use client content for their own model development. (summary, not a quote)open
- r/legaltech · Sep 20, 2026ClaudeNeutral
“Claude Teams does not offer ZDR https://code.claude.com/docs/en/zero-data-retention”
open - r/legaltech · Sep 20, 2026ClaudeNeutral
“Well yeah that’s why we use Claude Team. We could pay Enterprise but it would roughly 10x our AI spend”
open - r/legaltech · Sep 20, 2026ClaudeValues
“That’s precisely why I’m comfortable with Claude Team and not Enterprise. Too expensive for marginal security improvements.”
open - r/legaltech · Sep 20, 2026ClaudeCriticizes
“You’ve given a third party access to client confidential information - and it’s potentially subject to subpoena or legal hold.”
open - r/legaltech · Sep 20, 2026ClaudeValues
“I am aware of literally dozens (conservative number) of firms using Claude Team as their AI of choice.”
open - r/legaltech · Sep 20, 2026ClaudeMixed
“Claude is easy, but Opus and Fable specifically are a little more difficult and required some additional requirements and approvals to data retention policies (going against OP's claim that you have full control over it).”
open - r/legaltech · Sep 20, 2026ClaudeValues
“Either Claude Enterprise or Claude Team directly have exactly the same relevant protections.”
open
“I’ve found every Gemini model in chat , even 3.1 Pro, to be absolutely shockingly awful with hallucinations.”
in “Are you seeing much AI at work?” · 10 voices
CriticizesHallucinationUnverified voice
9 more voices in this thread
- r/legaltech · Aug 15, 2026ValuesLegal AI products are expensive, but cross-checking general models such as Gemini and Claude against each other worked well for the author's bankruptcy analysis. (summary, not a quote)open
- r/legaltech · Aug 9, 2026ValuesHaving trained legal AI models, the author says they have improved from poor to better than the author in unfamiliar practice areas, though they cannot make court appearances. (summary, not a quote)open
- r/legaltech · Aug 8, 2026ClaudeMixed
“It's definitely a major time savior thiguh it has its significant costs.”
open - r/legaltech · Aug 8, 2026ClaudeValues
“Over the course of an hour or two of iterations back and forth it spit out a very solid letter.”
open - r/legaltech · Aug 8, 2026ClaudeValues
“Claude has saved me so much time and has done such a good work.”
open - r/legaltech · Aug 8, 2026ValuesAI makes big-law M&A work more efficient but juniors outsource their critical thinking, and it is not yet reducing the need for junior lawyers. (summary, not a quote)open
- r/legaltech · Aug 8, 2026ClaudeValues
“I use Claude Fable/Opus on extra effort all day. It’s made me much more efficient.”
open - r/legaltech · Aug 8, 2026ClaudeValues
“Everything we’d want a junior/intern to do, LLMs do much better, quicker, and at a fraction of the cost.”
open - r/legaltech · Aug 8, 2026ChatGPTMixed
“Using free tier AI apps like ChatGPT risk data being used for training and provide a good baseline for summaries or finding stuff in large documents.”
open
Short answers
From the same record as the tables above.
ChatGPT vs Gemini for lawyers: what do lawyers say?
ChatGPT has net sentiment −13 on 2,467 public lawyer voices and Gemini has +28 on 134, as of . Gemini is ahead on this record: the two 90% bands do not overlap. Net is like minus dislike as a share of voices.
How many lawyers have posted about ChatGPT and Gemini?
We count 2,467 public voices on ChatGPT and 134 on Gemini, posted since 2023 by lawyers and people who work with them, as of . Each voice is one post or comment that names the tool.
Do lawyers feel better about ChatGPT or Gemini?
Net sentiment (like minus dislike, as a share of voices) is −13 for ChatGPT, 90% band −16 to −10, and +28 for Gemini, 90% band +15 to +39. Gemini has the higher net (+28 against −13) and the two 90% bands do not overlap. That describes who posts and how they feel, not which product is better.
What do lawyers use ChatGPT and Gemini for?
The task named most often on ChatGPT is general use (790 of 2,467 voices); on Gemini it is general use (45 of 134 voices). A voice has one task, set by our classifier.
Task reports with both: Legal research report · Drafting report · Summarization report