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

From snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe)
Newsgroups comp.ai.shells
Subject Lawyer admits using AI for research after citing 'bogus' cases from ChatGPT
Date 2023-05-28 06:17 +0100
Organization Sn!peCo World Wide Wading Birds
Message-ID <1qbffa5.1adff801ndrrcbN%snipeco.2@gmail.com> (permalink)

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Lawyer admits using AI for research after citing 'bogus' cases from
ChatGPT.  
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Steven Schwartz used program to 'supplement' his work for a 10-page
submission to the Manhattan federal court.  
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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. 
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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]  
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<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>  
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- and so the nightmare begins...  
  
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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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