A law firm was fined $5,000 after one of its lawyers used ChatGPT to write a court brief riddled with fake case references
The lawyer said that he had "no idea" ChatGPT could fabricate information and that he "deeply" regretted his decision.
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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.
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.