Artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT are increasingly attractive to attorneys facing time pressures and high client expectations. Drafting briefs, motions, or discovery responses can be faster when supported by a generative AI system. But in recent months, courts have penalized attorneys who relied on AI-generated content without proper vetting. A New York federal court fined lawyers who filed a brief containing fabricated case citations, and more recently, a California attorney was sanctioned for filing a response with false authorities generated by ChatGPT CalMatters report.
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