A New York attorney used ChatGPT in a lawsuit against a Columbian airline. Safe to say, he doesn't recommend it.
A New York attorney has been blasted for using ChatGPT for legal research as part of a lawsuit against a Columbian airline.
Steven Schwartz, an attorney with New York law firm Levidow, Levidow & Oberman, was engaged by Robert Mata to pursue an injury claim against Avianca Airlines. Mata claims he sustained the injury from a serving cart during his flight with the airline in 2019, according to a May 28However, after a judge noticed inconsistencies and factual errors in the case documentation, Schwartz has now admitted to using ChatGPT for his legal research, according to a May 24 swornHe claims that this was his first time using ChatGPT for legal research and “was unaware of the possibility that its content could be false.
The judge further claimed that certain cases referenced in the submissions did not actually exist, and there was an instance where a docket number on a filing was mixed up with another court filing.Schwartz said he also regrets having trusted the artificial chatbot without conducting his own due diligence. The affidavit noted:
“Greatly regrets having utilized generative artificial intelligence to supplement the legal research performed herein and will never do so in the future without absolute verification of its authenticity.”In recent times there has been an ongoing debate regarding the extent to which ChatGPT can be integrated into workforces.However, developers are skeptical over whether it does in fact have the potential to replace humans completely.
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