Lawyer cites bogus ChatGPT case & it went poorly

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Published: 2023-06-23T11:00:42

❘ Updated: 2023-06-23T11:00:54

New York lawyers have been hit with a fine after he and his law firm decided to use ChatGPT to cite cases that never existed.

In March, a pair of attorneys submitted AI-assisted documents to a case. ChatGPT had helped the two scour the web for related cases to cite in an injury lawsuit.

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However, ChatGPT had ‘hallucinated’ the cases and provided fake information. Key examples include “Varghese v China Southern Airlines Co. Ltd.”, which never happened. When prompted about it, ChatGPT insisted that it

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Attorney General Kris Mayes tells the Supreme Court to shove it

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Colorado has a law on the books that says, in simple terms, a business open to the public can’t discriminate against gay people.

The radical right-wing majority of the US Supreme Court issued a ruling last week saying that, yes, it can.

The court took the side of a web designer in Colorado who said it was her First Amendment right to refuse to design wedding websites for same-sex couples.

Arizona has a law much like Colorado’s.

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes announced in no uncertain terms that her office is determined to enforce it.

The Supreme Court was damned.

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Google Removing All Canadian News Sites From Searches After Law Requires Payments For Outlets

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Google announced Wednesday it will remove links to Canadian news sites from its search results and other products for users in Canada, following a similar decision by Facebook’s parent company Meta last week, after the country passed a new law requiring internet companies to pay news publishers for their content.

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Kent Walker, Google’s president of global affairs, said Wednesday the company is “disappointed” the Online

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VoIP-Pal Provides Legal Update on the Status of Current

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WACO, Texas, June 26, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — VoIP-Pal.com Inc. (“VoIP-Pal”, “Company”) (OTCQB: VPLM) is pleased to provide a legal update of recent developments in the current patent litigation.

  • At a hearing held on June 12, 2023, in Case No. 6:20-CV-00272-ADA the Court granted VoIP-Pal’s motion to reconsider the Court’s final construction of the term “routing message” and construed the term to mean “a message that includes a callee user name field and a route field. ”
  • VoIP-Pal has filed a stipulation dismissing its lawsuit against Samsung in the Western District of Texas (WDTX).
  • As a result of stipulations dismissing
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Upcoming Webinar: Predicting and Managing the Risks of Doing Business in China

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Please join us on Wednesday, July 12 at 12PM EDT for a webinar on Predicting and Managing the Risks of Doing Business in China.

As tensions between the US and China continue to build, what does this mean for US companies operating in China? Partners George Grammas and Ed Newberry will discuss the current political landscape, as well as provide insight on where things are headed and what you can do to mitigate risks and protect your relationships going forward. The discussion will help senior leaders and decision makers evaluate their current activities in China and determine whether they should

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Google to remove news from search in Canada over new law | Internet News

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Google has announced plans to remove Canadian news articles from its search engine and other products in Canada when a law requires major online platforms to pay news publishers take effect in the country.

In a statement on Thursday, Google said Canada’s Bill C-18 – the so-called Online News Act, which was passed last week – “remains unworkable”.

“We have now informed the Government that when the law takes effect, we will unfortunately have to remove links to Canadian news from our Search, News and Discover products in Canada,” the company said.

“We’re disappointed it has come to this. We

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SHAREHOLDER ALERT: Pomerantz Law Firm Investigates Claims On Behalf of Investors of The Walt Disney Company – DIS

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NEW YORK, June 25, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of The Walt Disney Company (“Disney” or the “Company”) DIS. Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at [email protected] or 888-476-6529, ext. 7980.

The investigation concerns whether Disney and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.

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On September 21, 2021, Disney gave a virtual presentation at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia Conference. During the presentation, Chief Executive Officer Robert Chapek acknowledged that Disney+

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Judge Fines Two Lawyers For Using Fake Cases From ChatGPT

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Two lawyers who used fake cases generated by ChatGPT, were handed a joint $5,000 fine and ordered to reach out to judges mentioned in the fake cases with information about the situation, marking the first major sanctions to come from the use of artificial intelligence in the legal fields.

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In his decision, New York District Judge P. Kevin Castel said Steven Schwartz—the lawyer

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