Lawyer's Use of ChatGPT Leads to Sanctions and Regret in Court
TL;DR
A lawyer in New York has been caught using AI chatbot ChatGPT to create legal research for a case, resulting in the submission of several nonexistent cases as legal precedent. The lawyer claims to have been unaware of the possibility of false content and regrets using AI without absolute verification of its authenticity. The incident has raised concerns about the reliability of AI in legal research and both lawyers involved are facing a hearing on June 8.
- New York Lawyer Caught Using ChatGPT After Citing Cases That Don't Exist IFLScience
- A lawyer faces sanctions after he used ChatGPT to write a brief riddled with fake citations Engadget
- Lawyer uses ChatGPT in court and now 'greatly regrets' it Cointelegraph
- A Man Sued Avianca Airline. His Lawyer Used ChatGPT. The New York Times
- A Lawyer Used ChatGPT to Support a Lawsuit. It Didn't Go Well. TheStreet
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