"But on the sixth page of the motion, the attorneys cited legal authority from a case that does not exist it was hallucinated by artificial intelligence. A San Diego judge wrote in October that she was deeply troubled by the conduct of the company's civil defense attorneys. She found they had filed multiple documents containing AI hallucinations, including citations to non-existent cases, fake quotes from real cases and inaccurate citations to real but irrelevant legal authorities."
"legal experts and attorneys say those cases are rare, arguing that AI is an important tool being put to good use throughout the legal profession, helping lawyers research case law, analyze evidence, draft contracts and complete any number of rote tasks. We can't just ignore generative AI, we have to become experts in the use so that we can avoid issues where hallucinated case law gets into final documents, Bryan McWhorter, a patent attorney and partner at the firm Knobbe Martens, said in an interview."
A San Diego civil defense motion cited legal authority from a non-existent case generated by artificial intelligence. A judge found multiple filings that contained AI hallucinations, including fabricated case citations, fake quotations from real cases and inaccurate references to irrelevant authorities. Legal watchdogs have documented hundreds of similar hallucination incidents worldwide, while many legal experts maintain such cases are rare. Generative AI is being used for research, evidence analysis, drafting contracts and routine tasks. Attorneys emphasize the need to learn proper AI use to prevent fabricated law from entering final court documents and to leverage AI as a productivity tool.
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