Law Firm Fined $5K for Using ChatGPT to Write Briefs With Fake Cases
- A law firm was fined $5,000 after one of its lawyers used ChatGPT to write a court brief.
- The document had included references to some cases and opinions that didn’t exist.
- The lawyer said he had “no idea” ChatGPT could fabricate information.
A law firm was fined $5,000 after a court found that one of its lawyers had used ChatGPT to write a court brief which included false citations.
The initial lawsuit was filed last year

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