When ChatGPT writes your legal brief

Based on this article by Nino Paoli posted on Fortune.

Forget malpractice suits—attorneys are now facing sanctions for citing court cases that their AI assistant simply invented. With hundreds of AI hallucination cases tallied, experts warn it's now "a matter of time" before an attorney loses their license for relying on a chatbot's creative writing skills.

The issue is amplified because lawyers, prone to delegation and skimming, are skipping the crucial fact-checking step before submitting these fantastical filings. When your legal career is at stake, maybe take a moment to confirm that "Smith v. Robot Overlords" is actually a real case.

Check out the article.

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