The Fastest Way to Lose a Court Case? Use ChatGPT Burnout and heavy workloads are driving lawyers to AI—and into trouble The Walrus · Jul 18, 2024
A lawyer fired after citing ChatGPT-generated fake cases is sticking with AI tools: ‘There’s no point in being a naysayer’ Zachariah Crabill paid a price for not checking ChatGPT's responses, but he still thinks AI tools are "invariably going to become the way of the future." Fortune · Nov 17, 2023
Humiliated lawyers fined $5,000 for submitting ChatGPT hallucinations in court: ‘I heard about this new site, which I falsely assumed was, like, a super search engine’ The judge scolded the lawyers for doubling down on their fake citations. Fortune · Jun 23, 2023
Lawyers submitted bogus case law created by ChatGPT. A judge fined them $5,000 A federal judge has imposed $5,000 fines on a group of lawyers after ChatGPT was blamed for their submission of fictitious legal research to support an aviation injury claim The Independent UK · Jun 22, 2023
Sanctions Issued in Case Where Lawyers Cited ChatGPT-Hallucinated Precedents From today's opinion in Mata v. Avianca, Inc., by Judge Kevin Castel (S.D.N.Y.), which stems from an incident blogged about here last month (and see this follow-up): In researching and drafting court submissions, good lawyers appropriately obtain assistance from junior lawyers, law students, contract lawyers, legal encyclopedias and databases such… Reason · Jun 22, 2023
Lawyers blame ChatGPT for tricking them into citing bogus case law A judge is deciding whether to sanction two lawyers who blamed ChatGPT for tricking them into including fictitious legal research in a court filing The Independent UK · Jun 9, 2023
A lawyer got ChatGPT to do his research, but he isn’t AI’s biggest fool The emerging technology is causing pratfalls all over – not least tech bosses begging for someone to regulate them The Guardian - UK · Jun 3, 2023
‘Prone to hallucinations and bias’: A Texas judge puts A.I. in its place Judge Brantley Starr strikes back against generative A.I. hype. Fortune · May 31, 2023