Colorado Lawyer Filed a Motion Citing Hallucinated ChatGPT Cases
June 13, 2023
A Colorado Springs attorney, Zachariah Crabill, mistakenly used hallucinated ChatGPT-generated legal cases in court documents. The AI software provided false case citations, leading to the denial of a motion and legal repercussions for Crabill, highlighting risks in using AI for legal research.
- Alleged deployer
- zachariah-crabill
- Alleged developer
- openai, chatgpt
- Alleged harmed parties
- zachariah-crabill's-client, zachariah-crabill, legal-system
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/615
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