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Re: Lawyer admits using AI for research after citing 'bogus' cases from ChatGPT

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On 5/28/23 1:17 AM, Sn!pe wrote:
> Lawyer admits using AI for research after citing 'bogus' cases from
> ChatGPT.
> ---
> Steven Schwartz used program to 'supplement' his work for a 10-page
> submission to the Manhattan federal court.
> ---
> A New York lawyer has been forced to admit he used the artificial
> intelligence tool ChatGPT to carry out legal research after it
> referenced several made-up court cases.
> ---
> Steven Schwartz, who works for Levidow, Levidow and Oberman, is on a
> team representing airline passenger Roberto Mata who is suing the firm
> Avianca for injuries suffered when a serving cart hit his knee during a
> flight from El Salvador to JFK airport in New York in 2019.
> Mr Schwartz used the AI program to "supplement" his research for a
> 10-page submission to the Manhattan federal court outlining why his
> client's case should not be thrown out.
>
> The legal brief, submitted in March, cited six previous cases dated from
> 1999 to 2019 to bolster his argument for why the case should be heard
> despite the statute of limitations having expired.  But neither the
> airline's lawyers nor the judge could find the decisions or quotations
> summarised in the brief.   [continues]
> ---
> <https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/05/27/lawyer-chatgpt-made-up-cases/>
>
> The above, bypassing paywall:
> <https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fworld-news%2F2023%2F05%2F27%2Flawyer-chatgpt-made-up-cases%2F>
>    
> TinyURL of above:  <https://tinyurl.com/yntupbe4>
> ---
>    
>    
> - and so the nightmare begins...
>    
That says a lot for hard copy, books, records, and ledgers as opposed to 
the digital storage methods.

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Lawyer admits using AI for research after citing 'bogus' cases from ChatGPT snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2023-05-28 06:17 +0100
  Re: Lawyer admits using AI for research after citing 'bogus' cases from ChatGPT Nic <Nic@none.net> - 2023-05-28 08:29 -0400
  Re: Lawyer admits using AI for research after citing 'bogus' cases from ChatGPT Blue-Maned_Hawk <bluemanedhawk@gmail.com> - 2023-05-28 15:53 -0400
  Re: Lawyer admits using AI for research after citing 'bogus' cases from ChatGPT vallor <vallor@vallor.earth> - 2023-05-31 20:27 +0000
    Re: Lawyer admits using AI for research after citing 'bogus' cases from ChatGPT snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2023-06-01 14:33 +0100
      Chatbots produce bogus citations (was: Re: Lawyer admits using AI for research after citing 'bogus' cases from ChatGPT vallor <vallor@vallor.earth> - 2023-06-01 19:23 +0000
        Re: Chatbots produce bogus citations snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2023-06-01 20:45 +0100
          Re: Chatbots produce bogus citations vallor <vallor@vallor.earth> - 2023-06-07 23:32 +0000
            Re: Chatbots produce bogus citations Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2023-06-08 06:07 +0100
              Re: Chatbots produce bogus citations snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2023-06-08 10:37 +0100
              Re: Chatbots produce bogus citations Nic <Nic@none.net> - 2023-06-08 10:46 -0400

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