Description: A litigant in person (LiP) in a Manchester civil case presented false legal citations generated by ChatGPT. It fabricated one case name and provided fictitious excerpts for three real cases, misleadingly supporting the LiP's argument. The judge, upon investigation, found the submissions to be inadvertent and did not penalize the LiP.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: OpenAI developed an AI system deployed by Unnamed Manchester litigant, which harmed Unnamed Manchester litigant , Manchester court system and General public.
Incident Stats
Incident ID
709
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2023-05-28
Editors
Daniel Atherton
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lawgazette.co.uk · 2023
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A litigant in person tried to present fictitious submissions in court based on answers provided by the ChatGPT chatbot, the Gazette has learned.
The civil case, heard in Manchester, involved one represented party and one unrepresented: pro…
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