The use of Generative AI technologies in litigation raises a host of questions and concerns. A recent case illustrates why both attorneys and their clients must exercise caution when utilizing Generative AI platform in litigation. That is, the output from Generative AI can be not only unreliable but made up.
Recognizing this, at least one court issued a standing order governing the use of Generative AI to draft legal briefs – . As Judge Brantley Starr of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas observed, 鈥済enerative artificial intelligence (such as ChatGPT, Harvey.AI, or Google Bard)鈥 鈥渕ake[s] stuff up鈥攅ven quotes and citations.鈥 This is just one of myriad challenges accompanying the unchecked use of Generative AI in litigation – 鈥渃aveat emptor.鈥
A New York personal injury firm and two of its lawyers are facing potential sanctions after they submitted a brief in federal court containing nonexistent cases and opinions produced by the generative text engine ChatGPT.