US lawyer sorry over ChatGPT ‘bogus’ cases
- Date: 10-Jun-2023
- Source: Kuwait Times
- Sector:Technology
- Country:Egypt
US lawyer sorry over ChatGPT ‘bogus’ cases
What happened when a US lawyer used ChatGPT to prepare a court filing? The artificial intelligence program invented fake cases and rulings, leaving the attorney rather red-faced. New York-based lawyer Steven Schwartz apologized to a judge last week for submitting a brief full of falsehoods generated by the OpenAI chatbot. “I simply had no idea that ChatGPT was capable of fabricating entire case citations or judicial opinions, especially in a manner that appeared authentic,” Schwartz wrote in a court filing.
The blunder occurred in a civil case being heard by Manhattan federal court involving a man who is suing the Colombian airline Avianca. Roberto Mata claims he was injured when a metal serving plate hit his leg during a flight in August 2019 from El Salvador to New York. After the airline’s lawyers asked the court to dismiss the case, Schwartz filed a response that claimed to cite more than half a dozen decisions to support why the litigation should proceed. They included Petersen v Iran Air, Varghese v China Southern Airlines and Shaboon v Egyptair.
The Varghese case even included dated internal citations and quotes. There was one major problem, however: neither Avianca’s attorneys nor the presiding judge, P Kevin Castel
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