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By now you may have heard that ChatGPT likes to make up lies and present them as facts, or what experts call artificial intelligence “illusions.”that didn’t stop two lawyers in new york city Let ChatGPT spit out some legal documents. As expected, the AI pulled some quotes and citations out of thin air, but the lawyers filed the documents anyway, apparently without due diligence on the facts.
The shenanigans were revealed when courts found that six legal cases used as subpoenas were fictitious. The attorneys, Peter LoDuca and Steven A. Schwartz, then lied to the court and made matters worse, the judge wrote. When challenged in court about their fabricated case law, the judge said Schwartz offered “evolving and conflicting explanations” while Loduca pretended to be on vacation to buy more time.
Federal Judge P. Kevin Castel wrote that the attorneys and their firm, Levidow, Levidow & Oberman, PC, acted dishonestly and lied to the court to cover up their mistakes. Judge Castell wrote in a statement that the defendants “abdicated their responsibility when they filed a non-existent judicial opinion containing false citations and citations created by the artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT, and then challenged its existence following a judicial order.” Continue to hold on to false opinions.” Decide.
