BotIt@lemmy.world to Technology@kbin.social · 2 years agoA law firm was fined $5,000 after one of its lawyers used ChatGPT to write a court brief riddled with fake case referenceswww.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up158arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up158arrow-down1external-linkA law firm was fined $5,000 after one of its lawyers used ChatGPT to write a court brief riddled with fake case referenceswww.businessinsider.comBotIt@lemmy.world to Technology@kbin.social · 2 years agomessage-square13fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
The lawyer said that he had “no idea” ChatGPT could fabricate information and that he “deeply” regretted his decision.
minus-squareconciselyverbose@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years ago$5k is a horseshit low fine for this.
minus-squarejoeygibson@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoYeah, this seems like a massive ethics violation that should result in contempt, or referral for disbarment.
minus-squareCatarinalina@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoI’m imagining their lawyer pulling out their wallet at the hearing and thumbing through their singles to pay the fine. $5k is absolutely nothing for a typical law firm, lunch money
$5k is a horseshit low fine for this.
Yeah, this seems like a massive ethics violation that should result in contempt, or referral for disbarment.
I’m imagining their lawyer pulling out their wallet at the hearing and thumbing through their singles to pay the fine.
$5k is absolutely nothing for a typical law firm, lunch money