A lawyer used ChatGPT to help search for legal cases to write an affidavit backing his lawsuit.
The AI hallucinated six fake cases, per a federal judge, which the lawyer included in the filing.
US District Court Judge P. Kevin Castel asked lawyer Steven Schwartz of personal injury law firm Levidow, Levidow & Oberman, according to Inner City Press.
The court filing included six court cases that were "bogus judicial decisions with bogus quotes and bogus internal citations," Castel wrote in a previous court order.
"I have worked with Mr. Schwartz for 27 years," LoDuca said in court, Inner City Press reported.
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