OMG! A lawyer recently revealed that he “greatly regrets” using ChatGPT in a lawsuit because the AI program cited at least six nonexistent cases.
Lawyer Facing Punishment Says He ‘Greatly Regrets’ Using ChatGPT In Lawsuit After AI Program Cited At Least 6 Nonexistent Cases
It is reported that a lawyer by the name of Steven A. Schwartz is potentially facing punishment after he used an AI program called ChatGPT in his client’s lawsuit.
Attorney Schwartz, who works as part of the law firm Levidow, Levidow & Oberman, admitted his use of the program in an affidavit after it was learned that the AI program cited at least six phony cases in its purported research.
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Schwartz was representing a man named Roberto Mata, who is suing Avianca Airlines after he was allegedly hurt by flight attendants pushing a serving cart down the plane’s aisle.
Mata’s lawsuit alleges that the serving cart hit his knee during a flight to New York. When the airline company and their legal team pushed to have the case tossed out, but Mata’s legal team argued that there were several prior court rulings to support their stance.
However, the truth of the matter was that there were zero prior rulings that were real. According to Schwartz’s affidavit, he had “consulted” ChatGPT “in order to supplement the legal research” he had to conduct.
Despite Schwartz admitting to using the program, that cited at least six different fake cases, he noted that he had never used ChatGPT prior to this incident; thus, he claims this made him “unaware of the possibility that its content could be false.” He also admitted that he had zero intentions of deceiving the courts nor the defendants in the case.
Meanwhile, Schwartz is now facing sanctions and has a hearing scheduled to take place sometime next month. In the meantime, he pledges to never use ChatGPT ever again unless he is completely able to “secure absolute verification” of any claims the program finds.
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