The UK High Court warns lawyers of possible criminal charges for using AI-generated fake legal material, citing two recent cases with hallucinated content
High Court to lawyers: cut the ChatGPT or else Robert Booth / The Guardian : High court tells UK lawyers to stop misuse of AI after fake case-law citations Šejla Ahmatović / Politico : UK judge sounds alarm on AI misuse in courts Tom Midlane / Daily Mail : Lawyers warned to stop using ChatGPT to argue lawsuits after AI programs ‘made up fictitious cases’ Bluesky: Lauri Donahue / @lauridonahue : I'm not sure it should be CRIMINAL for a lawyer to use AI, but it certainly should be grounds for sanctions, including possibly losing your license, to use it irresponsibly, without checking its work. — (This warning is bad news for legal AI companies, btw...) [embedded post] @mi-forest : Technically it isn't “hallucinated” content because AI is not capable of hallucinating. AI is capable of massive errors and just making things up to fill the request JUST as the programming directed it to do. Forums: r/worldnews : UK judge warns of risk to justice after lawyers cited fake AI-generated cases in court Slashdot : Could UK Lawyers Face Life in Prison for Citing Fake AI-Generated Cases?