Attorney Steven Schwartz recently faced an unexpected legal predicament when the court cases he had submitted were found to be untrue. Avianca Airlines had sued him for negligence, due to his lack of verification of the content from ChatGPT, an AI-powered legal research chatbot. Schwartz now faces a sanctions hearing for utilizing generative artificial intelligence without confirming its accuracy. Reminding users to be extra careful and verify legal research from reputable databases, this case serves as a cautionary tale.
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