A lawyer representing a man filed a lawsuit against the airline Avianca after he was allegedly injured by a piece of metal from his in-flight meal cart. In order to prepare the court case, the lawyer used an AI-powered research tool called ChatGPT in order to build a 10-page legal argument. After submitting the report, Avianca’s lawyers weren’t able to find the court rulings mentioned and realized that the AI system had fabricated the material.
The lawyer responsible for the report, Steven A. Schwartz, claimed that he wasn’t aware that the AI-based system would be unreliable and attempted to verify the accuracy of the court rulings it mentioned, but it said “Yes.” Schwartz insisted that he was not trying to deceive the court.
ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence program designed for legal professionals that automatically runs legal research and generates legal documents. It includes a drafting assistant, decision tree analysis, state-specific forms and a suite of other useful tools. The AI-based technology can make legal research more efficient and cost-effective, but it is important for lawyers to verify the accuracy of the information before presenting it in a court case.
The person mentioned in this article, Roberto Mata, was the man who filed the lawsuit against the airline company. His lawsuit claimed that he had been injured as a result of a piece of metal from the food cart during a flight to New York. He had used the services of lawyer Steven A. Schwartz to represent him in the case upon Avianca’s motion to dismiss the case.
Avianca is an airline company based in Colombia. It was founded in December 1919 and became the country’s flag carrier in 1949. Today, Avianca has a large network of flights throughout Latin America, the Caribbean and the United States. It is renowned for its commitment to safety, customer service and modern fleet of aircraft. Avianca is constantly innovating and evolving its services in order to provide an enhanced travel experience for its passengers.
