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ChatGPT Reportedly Produced False Court Case Law Presented by Legal Counsel in Court
A lawyer in Mata v. Avianca, Inc. used ChatGPT for research. ChatGPT hallucinated court cases, which the lawyer then presented in court. The court determined the cases did not exist.
- Date it happened
- 2023-05-04
- Organisation involved
- Steven A. Schwartz, Peter LoDuca
Where this came from
- arstechnica.com
- cbsnews.com
- nytimes.com
- nypost.com
- reuters.com
- nytimes.com
- vice.com
- abovethelaw.com
- thetimes.co.uk
- telegraph.co.uk
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- lsj.com.au
- simonwillison.net
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- greekreporter.com
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- hcamag.com
- morningbrew.com
- canadianlawyermag.com
- abajournal.com
- interestingengineering.com
- voicebot.ai
- pymnts.com
- techcrunch.com
- wgauradio.com
- benzinga.com
- dailymail.co.uk
- reason.com
- winbuzzer.com
- biggerlawfirm.com
- businessinsider.com
- digitaltrends.com
- iflscience.com
- pcmag.com
- newser.com
- bbc.com
- cointelegraph.com
- cnbc.com
- entrepreneur.com
- huffpost.com
- lawandcrime.com
- thestreet.com
- thestreet.com
- jpost.com
- reuters.com
- futurism.com
- cbsnews.com
- arstechnica.com
- theverge.com
- nypost.com
- engadget.com
- siliconangle.com
- qz.com
- mashable.com
- cnn.com
- forbes.com
- nytimes.com
Attribution
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