Law Clerk Fired over ChatGPT Use After Firm’s Filing Used AI Hallucinations

Law clerk fired over ChatGPT use after firm’s filing used AI hallucinations

Law school grad’s firing is a bad omen for college kids overly reliant on ChatGPT.

Why do lawyers keep using ChatGPT?

Every few weeks, it seems like there's a new headline about a lawyer getting in trouble for submitting filings containing, in the words of one judge, "bogus AI-generated research." The details vary, but the throughline is the same: an attorney turns to a large language model (LLM) like ChatGPT to help them with legal research (or worse, writing), the LLM hallucinates cases that don't exist, and the lawyer is none the wiser until the judge or opp…

FCA Research Note - Money talks: Lessons from 2 LLM pilots on consumer guidance

On 30 May 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority published a Research Note, Money talks: Lessons from 2 LLM pilots on consumer guidance. The Research Note is part of a series which set out to inform public discussion on topics that relate to artificial intelligence (AI). Specifically, this Research Note covers two pilot projects that examined the potential usefulness and limitations of large language models (LLMs) such as OpenAI’s GPT series in c…

Utah Lawyers Approved After Using ChatGPT in Court: An Overview

The Utah Court of Appeals has sanctioned the attorney after it was found that he utilized ChatGPT in a filing that referenced a fictitious trial. Earlier this week, the Utah Court of Appeals chose to take action against Richard Bednar following accusations that he submitted a brief with fabricated citations. Based on reviewed court documents, [...] Source The post Utah Lawyers Approved After Using ChatGPT in Court: An Overview appeared first on …