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Incident 7091 Report
Unrepresented Litigant Misled by ChatGPT-Generated False Legal Citations in Manchester Court

2023-05-28

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.

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Incident 7091 Report
Unrepresented Litigant Misled by ChatGPT-Generated False Legal Citations in Manchester Court

2023-05-28

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.

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OpenAI

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Manchester court system

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    1 Report

    Unrepresented Litigant Misled by ChatGPT-Generated False Legal Citations in Manchester Court

  • Incident 709
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    Unrepresented Litigant Misled by ChatGPT-Generated False Legal Citations in Manchester Court

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General public

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    1 Report

    Unrepresented Litigant Misled by ChatGPT-Generated False Legal Citations in Manchester Court

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    Unrepresented Litigant Misled by ChatGPT-Generated False Legal Citations in Manchester Court

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