Judge slams lawyers for ‘bogus AI-generated research’
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Summary
While AI can be a tool for good in the legal sector, it can cause serious consequences when lawyers use AI to create legal documents without disclosing this fact.
After discovering legal citations in a brief that did not exist, Judge Michael Wilner imposed $31,000 in sanctions against the law firms involved.
Wilner claimed that this outcome was avoidable if the lawyers in question had simply cite-checked their work, and that sending other lawyers AI-generated work without disclosure is problematic.
This instance follows a similar scenario in which Google’s Bard AI chatbot was mistaken for a super-charged search engine and used to generate bogus cases.
As AI technology advances, it is imperative that those using it for professional purposes understand its capabilities and limitations.