The AI invented completely fake cases... and he fell for it.
early May affidavit
The attorney, Steven Schwartz of Manhattan's Levidow, Levidow & Oberman law firm, told the court that it was the first time in his more than three-decade career that he'd used ChatGPT, soSchwartz even told the judge, P. Kevin Castel, that he had asked ChatGPT to verify its sources. The chatbot apparently told him the cases were real, theYes, that's right.
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