BotIt@lemmy.world to Technology@kbin.social · 1 year 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-text
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 · 1 year agomessage-square13fedilinkfile-text
The lawyer said that he had “no idea” ChatGPT could fabricate information and that he “deeply” regretted his decision.
minus-squareconciselyverbose@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year ago$5k is a horseshit low fine for this.
minus-squarejoeygibson@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoYeah, this seems like a massive ethics violation that should result in contempt, or referral for disbarment.
minus-squareCatarinalina@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year 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