{"id":1153527,"date":"2023-06-23T07:40:41","date_gmt":"2023-06-23T11:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1153527"},"modified":"2023-06-23T07:40:41","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T11:40:41","slug":"us-lawyers-fined-5000-after-including-fake-case-citations-generated-by-chatgpt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1153527","title":{"rendered":"US lawyers fined $5,000 after including fake case citations generated by ChatGPT"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s something that’s drilled into you from the first essay you write in school: Always check your sources. Yet, New York attorney Steven Schwartz relied on ChatGPT to find and review them for him \u2014 a decision that’s led a judge to issue a $5,000 fine to him, his associate Peter LoDuca and their law firm Levidow, Levidow and Oberman, The Guardian<\/em> reports<\/a>. Schwartz used it for a case in which a man was suing Colombian airline Avianca alleging he was injured on a flight to New York City. In this case, ChatGPT produced six cases as precedent<\/a>, such as “Martinez v. Delta Airlines” and “Miller v. United Airlines,” that were either inaccurate or simply didn’t exist.<\/p>\n

In the decision to fine Schwartz and co., Judge P Kevin Castel explained, “Technological advances are commonplace and there is nothing inherently improper about using a reliable artificial intelligence tool for assistance. But existing rules impose a gatekeeping role on attorneys to ensure the accuracy of their filings.” Basically, you can use ChatGPT for your work<\/a> but at least check its claims. In not doing so, the lawyers had “abandoned their responsibilities,” including when they stood by the fake statements after the court questioned their legitimacy.<\/p>\n

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Examples of ChatGPT and other AI chatbots inaccuracies are widespread. Take the National Eating Disorder Association’s chatbot that provided people recovering from eating disorders with dieting tips<\/a> or ChatGPT wrongly accusing a law professor of sexual assault<\/a> using a non-existent article from The Washington Post<\/em> as proof.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/us-lawyers-fined-5000-after-including-fake-case-citations-generated-by-chatgpt-114041179.html?src=rss
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