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Unrepresented Litigant Misled by ChatGPT-Generated False Legal Citations in Manchester Court

May 28, 2023

A litigant in person (LiP) in a Manchester civil case presented false legal citations generated by ChatGPT. It fabricated one case name and provided fictitious excerpts for three real cases, misleadingly supporting the LiP's argument. The judge, upon investigation, found the submissions to be inadvertent and did not penalize the LiP.
Alleged deployer
unnamed-manchester-litigant
Alleged developer
openai
Alleged harmed parties
unnamed-manchester-litigant, manchester-court-system, general-public

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