Tag: generative ai
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10th Circuit warns lawyers after finding fake case in filing
The Denver-based federal appeals court warned attorneys to be more careful last month after discovering one lawyer cited a fake case in his arguments. In recent months, federal and state judges in Colorado have begun cautioning lawyers explicitly about the pitfalls of using generative artificial intelligence in legal filings without verifying the output. The Colorado…
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Federal judge fines lawyer $3,000 for ‘reckless’ filings with incorrect info
Judge suspects use of generative artificial intelligence; attorney denies using AI A federal judge took the unusual step last week of fining an attorney $3,000 for submitting flawed case citations, being evasive when her opposing counsel raised concerns and relying on cases that did not support her argument. U.S. District Court Judge Nina Y. Wang…
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An obligation to use AI? Federal judge addresses lawyers on responsible technology use
U.S. Magistrate Judge Maritza Dominguez Braswell addressed a group of Colorado attorneys on Friday with the message that they should be practicing and understanding how to use artificial intelligence because it is encroaching on more and more aspects of society. “There was a time when you had to be rich to have a cell phone,”…
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Fake evidence, new expectations and morality: Judges talk about AI in the law
Judge Lino S. Lipinsky de Orlov shared with an audience of lawyers on Wednesday a story from last year’s judicial conference about one trial judge who suspected an attorney representing a domestic violence victim submitted a fake photo to the court of their badly beaten client. “The judge asked: Was this AI generated? And the…
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Appeals court warns lawyers, litigants: You will get in trouble for citing AI-invented cases
Colorado’s second-highest court put attorneys and litigants on notice for the first time on Thursday that they will face consequences if they use artificial intelligence to submit filings with fake citations. A three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals declined to sanction a self-represented plaintiff after he acknowledged and apologized for his mistake. At the…
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Microsoft engineer sounds alarm on AI image-generator to US officials and company’s board
A Microsoft engineer is sounding an alarm about offensive and harmful imagery he says is too easily made by the company’s artificial intelligence image-generator tool
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It’s not just Elon Musk: ChatGPT-maker OpenAI confronting a mountain of legal challenges
After a year of basking in global fame, the San Francisco company OpenAI is now confronting a multitude of challenges that could threaten its position at the vanguard of artificial intelligence research
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OpenAI says Musk agreed the ChatGPT maker should become a for-profit company
OpenAI has attacked a lawsuit from Elon Musk, saying he supported making the ChatGPT maker a for-profit company
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Elon Musk sues OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, claiming betrayal of its goal to benefit humanity
Elon Musk is suing OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman over what he says is a betrayal of the ChatGPT maker’s founding aims of benefiting humanity rather than pursuing profits
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One Tech Tip: Ready to go beyond Google? Here’s how to use new generative AI search sites
A lot people think Google searches are getting worse