2023-10-30 08:42:20
INTERNET.- A lawyer US, Steven Schwartz, is under threat of possible legal sanctions after it was discovered that he used the popular artificial intelligence app ChatGPT to draft a legal brief that included completely fabricated legal precedents. The case is taking place in a New York court and involves a lawsuit filed by a passenger against the airline Avianca, alleging that he had suffered an injury during a flight.
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Schwartz, who represents the plaintiff, used ChatGPT to draft a brief in response to the defense’s request to dismiss the case. The document of ten pages cited several court decisions to support its arguments, but these decisions were found to be fictitious, created by the chatbot of OpenAI.
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Judge Kevin Castelupon realizing this unusual situation, scheduled a hearing for June 8 in which Schwartz must explain why he should not be sanctioned for using false precedents in his writing.
In his sworn statement, the lawyer admitted have used ChatGPT to prepare the brief and acknowledged that he only verified the authenticity of the cases by asking the application if they were real. Schwartz argued that he had no prior experience using this technology and was not aware of the possibility of false content. Furthermore, he deeply apologized for having relied on artificial intelligence and promised to rigorously verify authenticity in the future.
He case made public due to the use of artificial intelligence to create fictitious legal precedents, which highlighted the importance of verifying the authenticity of information obtained from automated sources. The hearing scheduled for June will determine whether the attorney will face sanctions for his conduct in the case. This incident also highlights the need for stricter regulation and vigilance in the use of artificial intelligence-based legal technologies.
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