Customize Consent Preferences

We use cookies to help you navigate efficiently and perform certain functions. You will find detailed information about all cookies under each consent category below.

The cookies that are categorized as "Necessary" are stored on your browser as they are essential for enabling the basic functionalities of the site. ... 

Always Active

Necessary cookies are required to enable the basic features of this site, such as providing secure log-in or adjusting your consent preferences. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data.

No cookies to display.

Functional cookies help perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collecting feedback, and other third-party features.

No cookies to display.

Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics such as the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.

No cookies to display.

Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors.

No cookies to display.

Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with customized advertisements based on the pages you visited previously and to analyze the effectiveness of the ad campaigns.

No cookies to display.

Empowering you to understand your world

Lawyer Uses Fake Citations Generated By ChatGPT In Court

A lawyer now faces the possibility of sanctions after using ChatGPT to do research for a case. The research presented by the lawyer — Steven Schwartz contained several citations of past court decisions that didn’t even exist.

Schwartz and his law firm have been suing the Airline Avianca on behalf of his client who claims he was injured on a flight to New York City. When the airline asked the judge to dismiss the case, Schwartz used ChatGPT to help him prepare his 10-page brief explaining why the case should continue — only to suffer consequences and embarrassment.

It cited non-existent court decisions including but not limited to: “Varghese v. China Southern Airlines,” “Martinez v. Delta Airlines” and “Miller v. United Airlines.” He said that ChatGPT insisted the fake court cases were real, and that he was not aware ChatGPT could be factually incorrect.

I’ve mentioned in the past that if ChatGPT doesn’t know the answer to a question, it will generate a fake answer in many cases (I must add that it is quite convincing at times).

Schwartz said that he ‘greatly regrets’ using ChatGPT and ‘and will never do so in the future without absolute verification of its authenticity’. The hearing regarding the sanctions on Schwartz will be held on June 8.

Related Articles

Neuralink Brain Implant Approved For Human Trials

You Can Now Install ChatGPT On Your iPhone

NASA AI Can Provide 30-Minute Warning For Solar Storms

Share this article
Shareable URL
Prev Post

You Can Now Edit WhatsApp Messages

Next Post

Japan To Beam Solar Power From Space In 2025

Leave a Reply

Read next
Subscribe to our newsletter
Get notified when new content is published