Jul 10, 2026 – 9.54amGilbert + Tobin chief executive Sam Nickless is well aware of the huge risks involved if the firm’s lawyers rely on hallucinating artificial intelligence models to help build their cases, but he is all in on the technology when it comes to using its tools to run the practice.The firm has been flagged by ChatGPT maker OpenAI as one of the AI giant’s most plugged-in Australian clients amid a spate of major releases, and Nickless says he has just finished using its Codex autonomous AI agent tool to power through a previously laborious aspect of appraisals for the firm’s 112 partners.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles