03/04/2026
AI Summaries May Be the Most Dangerous Product in Legal Tech
“Court reporting agencies increasingly sell automated deposition summaries — chronologies, topic charts, testimony analysis, witness evaluation.
They are marketed as harmless efficiency tools. But they transform transcripts into something fundamentally different:
Not a record of what happened
but a machine interpretation of legal strategy.
Depositions are uniquely sensitive because attorneys think out loud inside them. Objections reveal theories. Follow-up questions reveal priorities. Redirect examination reveals weaknesses.
When AI systems process this information, they are not merely formatting text — they are extracting litigation meaning.
If privilege depends on confidentiality, automated analytical processing becomes legally significant.
The question becomes unavoidable:
Did counsel simply store testimony, or did they disclose strategy?” -Stenoimperium.com
Arizona Certified Reporters and Arizona Registered Firms are prohibited from offering AI deposition summaries or deposition summaries of any kind.
ACJA 7-206(J)(1)(k): “A certified reporter, registered reporting firm, or their affiliates shall not provide to any individual or entity additional advocacy or litigation support services, including but not limited to claim investigation assistance, trial preparation assistance, and deposition summaries.”