Client Alert: When AI Enters the Group Chat: Protecting Privileged and Confidential Communications in the Age of AI-Connected Messaging

AI tools can now access encrypted messaging platforms like iMessage, creating confidentiality, privilege, and discovery risks that encryption alone does not address. Businesses should not wait for a privilege dispute or regulatory inquiry to evaluate which AI applications can access sensitive communications, under what terms, and with what controls. This article explains the risks and provides a practical framework, including a checklist for IT, to help organizations govern AI access to... By: Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP