A law firm was fined $5,000 after one of its lawyers used ChatGPT to write a court brief riddled with fake case references

https://www.businessinsider.com/chatgpt-generative-ai-law-firm-fined-fake-cases-citations-legal-2023-6

The lawyer said that he had "no idea" ChatGPT could fabricate information and that he "deeply" regretted his decision.

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jmhdBV8l@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 3y

Honestly these jokers got off light. $5k is a sneeze for a law firm. I wonder if there will be subsequent disciplinary action against the individual attorneys.

HorreC@kbin.social · 5 pts · 3y

So he didnt even do a small bit of research into tech and how it was shown in the very early stages to lie and sound good. Sounds like he needs more time as a clerk to get that part down.