https://preview.redd.it/y49q81qbrt6h1.png?width=2400&format=png&auto=webp&s=b4e6327d1f4aad65158ffca069742add92088910 A federal judge in Mississippi has cancelled a civil trial and suspended 4 attorneys after discovering that both sides used AI tools to draft filings containing 15 hallucinated case citations. The judge ordered financial penalties ranging from $1,000 to $3,500 for professional misconduct. The issue came to light when the judge’s clerk could not locate the cited rulings in any legal database. Both legal teams now face potential disbarment and additional court sanctions. The defense lawyers claimed they relied on a third-party legal AI assistant, while the plaintiff’s counsel admitted to using ChatGPT. The incident highlights the growing risks of AI hallucination in professional fields where factual accuracy is legally binding. Source: https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/judge-cancels-trial-lawyers-both-sides-ai submitted by /u/andrewaltair
Originally posted by u/andrewaltair on r/ArtificialInteligence