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Lawyers Fined for Citing Fake Cases Generated by ChatGPT

Two New York City lawyers and their firm were fined $5,000 after submitting legal documents written with the help of ChatGPT, an AI language model. The documents contained fake quotes and citations, and the lawyers lied to the court to cover up their mistakes. ChatGPT has been used by other lawyers and legal services, but its accuracy has been called into question. The incident highlights the importance of distinguishing between accurate-looking answers and actually correct responses.

via Gizmodo|

#artificial-intelligence #chatgpt #fines

lawtech2 years ago•4 min saved

Lawyers sanctioned for citing ChatGPT's fake cases in court.

Attorneys in New York who cited fake cases created by OpenAI's ChatGPT in their court filings have been sanctioned by a judge. The lawyers submitted non-existent judicial opinions with fake quotes and citations created by the AI tool, then continued to stand by the fake opinions after judicial orders called their existence into question. The judge ordered each attorney to pay a $5,000 fine to the court, notify their client, and notify each real judge falsely identified as the author of the cited fake cases. The judge dismissed the plaintiff's injury claim against Avianca because more than two years had passed between the injury and the lawsuit.

via The Register|

#ai #chatgpt #lawtech

lawtech2 years ago•3 min saved

Lawyer faces penalty for citing AI-generated fake cases in court.

A lawyer, Steven A. Schwartz, may face sanctions for submitting a brief filled with fake judicial opinions and legal citations, all generated by ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence program. Schwartz apologized and said he had made a "deeply regrettable mistake." The incident has sparked a debate about the dangers of relying on AI tools in legal practice. The case involved a man who sued an airline, but the cases cited in his brief were not real. Schwartz and his law firm have asked the judge not to impose sanctions, saying they have already learned their lesson.

via The New York Times|

#artificial-intelligence #chatgpt #lawtech

lawtech2 years ago•3 min saved

Supreme Court's Decisions on Online Speech and Liability

The US Supreme Court has ruled in favour of Google, Twitter, and Facebook in lawsuits seeking to hold them liable for terrorist attacks. However, the court avoided the big issue of whether the federal law that shields social media companies from being sued over content posted by others is too broad. The court unanimously rejected a lawsuit alleging that the companies allowed their platforms to be used to aid and abet an attack at a Turkish nightclub that killed 39 people in 2017. The court also returned the case of an American college student who was killed in an Islamic State terrorist attack in Paris in 2015 to a lower court.

via The Associated Press|

#google #lawtech #section-230

lawtech2 years ago•6 min saved

Supreme Court Upholds Protections for Google, Twitter, and Facebook from User-Generated Content Liability

The US Supreme Court ruled in favor of Google and Twitter in two liability cases brought by families of terrorism victims, stating that the companies did not aid and abet terrorist attacks. The court's decision avoided limiting Section 230, a law that protects social media platforms from lawsuits over user-generated content. The law has been a topic of debate in the polarized discussion over online speech. The court's decision was a victory for tech companies, who have been lobbying to defend Section 230. The court's decision puts the onus back on Congress to take action on the issue.

via The Washington Post|

#anti-terrorism-act #google #lawtech

lawtech2 years ago•4 min saved

Supreme Court Upholds Protections for Social Media Companies from User-Posted Content Liability

The Supreme Court did not rule on whether Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act protects YouTube from lawsuits relating to user content, as a related case involving similar allegations against Twitter was unanimously ruled to be unable to bring claims under the Anti-Terrorism Act. The YouTube lawsuit accused the company of bearing some responsibility for the killing of an American college student in the 2015 Paris attacks carried out by ISIS. The court's decision means that both lawsuits are likely to be dismissed without addressing the Section 230 issues.

via NBC News|

#anti-terrorism-act #lawtech #section-230