US Lawyer Fined After Citing Fake Witnesses Generated by ChatGPT in Murder Case
A state supreme court held the attorney in contempt and imposed a fine after he submitted a court filing containing fabricated witness references he attributed to the AI chatbot ChatGPT.
A lawyer in the United States has been fined and held in contempt by a state supreme court after citing fake witnesses in a murder case, according to a report by Al Jazeera.
The attorney reportedly submitted a court filing that included references to witnesses who did not exist. When questioned about the discrepancies, the lawyer blamed the artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT for generating the false information.
According to Al Jazeera, the state supreme court found that the lawyer had failed to verify the facts contained in the filing before submitting it to the court. As a result, the court imposed a fine on the attorney and held him in contempt.
The case adds to a growing number of instances in which legal professionals have faced sanctions for using AI tools to draft legal documents without independently confirming the accuracy of the content produced.
Al Jazeera's report did not specify the name of the attorney, the jurisdiction of the court, or further details about the murder case in question.
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- US lawyer cites fake witnesses in murder case, blames ChatGPT — Al Jazeera — All
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