US lawyers fined $5,000 after including fake case citations generated by ChatGPT
US lawyers fined $5,000 after including fake case citations generated by ChatGPT
A judge said they had "abandoned their responsibilities" in not checking for inaccuracies..
A judge said they had "abandoned their responsibilities" in not checking for inaccuracies..
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I'm sure they are financially destroyed by that fine. /s
0 0 ReplyI'm pretty certain financially destroying them was not something the judge aimed for.
1 0 ReplyI know. That fine is just a business cost, being that low. This will definitely happen again.
1 0 ReplyAbsolutely. But if you have an hour to spare have a listen to Leonard French go through the court hearing on this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5YaGACnJpg
The sheer humiliation and the chewing out over this those attorneys got from the judge, and which is now a matter of public record, probably hurt them more than any fine ever could.
2 0 ReplyThat's fair. Reputation has a coat, for sure.
1 0 ReplyAnd it gives the courts a precedent they can point at when the next one tries it.
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