LexisNexis exec says it’s ‘a matter of time’ before attorneys lose their licenses over using open-source AI pilots in court

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A growing number of AI-created flaws found in legal documents submitted to courts have brought attorneys under increased scrutiny.

Courts across the country have sanctioned attorneys for misuse of open-source LLMs like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Anthropic’s Claude, which have made up “imaginary” cases, suggested that attorneys invent court decisions to strengthen their arguments, and provided improper citations to legal documents.