Use GPT models to check for suspicious clauses in legal documents.
Wrapped up in an easy-to-use Chrome extension; BYOK (bring your own [API] key)!
lil' hawk is a Chrome extension that makes it easy to analyze legal documents and contracts such as Terms and Conditions, rental agreements and more.
- Add text into the "legal copy" input box via the built-in text selection mode or copy + paste
- Add your OpenAI API key
- Pick the GPT model to use
- Find suspicious clauses!
Recently, I was watching the first episode of Season 6 of Black Mirror, "Joan is Awful," in which the main character Joan has her life destroyed when her normal day is turned into a TV series on "Streamberry" (AKA Netflix).
I'll leave it at that to avoid spoilers, but one of the things the episode got me thinking about is what kinds of crazy or dystopian stuff companies could be sticking into their Terms and Conditions and other legal documents that we sign all the time without really reading. It's scary!
The solution is definitely not to start reading T&Cs though unless you're a masochist. But a summary never hurts right?
You totally can and should if that works better for you. I primarily made this to learn about Chrome extension development; along the way, I thought the convenience of the text selection mode and having the prompt baked in made the tool easier to reach for when quickly analyzing a T&C than opening a new chat with ChatGPT.
A (somewhat) functioning MVP was made using smol dev. The developer/ directory contains the files generated by AI before they were forked over to src/ for continued development.