Why every AI reference is checked before it is shown
Lovguiden's users are lawyers, accountants and public servants, whose work has consequences when it is wrong. The AI assistant is built around one rule: if it can't be sourced, it isn't said.
Language models are fluent, and fluency is the problem. A model can produce a section number, a case reference or a link that looks entirely plausible and does not exist. In legal work, a single invented reference is enough to lose trust in everything else.
Answers from the source, not from memory
The assistant writes from documents retrieved from Lovguiden's own database of Danish law and case law, not from what the language model happens to remember. When the sources don't cover a question, the answer says so.
Every reference looked up
Before an answer is shown, each cited section, ruling and link is looked up in the database. A reference that can't be found is removed. It never appears as a link.
Sources in the right order
Legislation is read before preparatory works, and case law is weighed by court: the Supreme Court first, then the high courts, the district courts and the tribunals.
The law as it stands
Laws, rulings and bills are updated every day, so answers reflect current law, including amendments that have been passed but have not yet taken effect. The same principle applies to Lovguiden's legal commentary: a piece that can't be fully sourced is withheld rather than published.
The method carries over to any field where accuracy matters, such as internal policies, contracts, technical documentation or case files. An assistant is only as good as its sources, so the sources come first. More on AI for law firms.