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Lawyer cites bogus ChatGPT case & it went poorly
Joel Loynds
❘ Published: 2023-06-23T11:00:42
❘ Updated: 2023-06-23T11:00:54
New York lawyers have been hit with a fine after he and his law firm decided to use ChatGPT to cite cases that never existed.
In March, a pair of attorneys submitted AI-assisted documents to a case. ChatGPT had helped the two scour the web for related cases to cite in an injury lawsuit.
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However, ChatGPT had ‘hallucinated’ the cases and provided fake information. Key examples include “Varghese v China Southern Airlines Co. Ltd.”, which never happened. When prompted about it, ChatGPT insisted that it did.
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