Two US lawyers fined for submitting fake court citations from ChatGPT

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Two US lawyers fined for submitting fake court citations from ChatGPT
Two US lawyers fined for submitting fake court citations from ChatGPT

A US judge has fined two lawyers and a law firm $5,000 (£3,935) after fake citations generated by ChatGPT were submitted in a court filing.

A district judge in Manhattan ordered Steven Schwartz, Peter LoDuca and their law firm Levidow, Levidow & Oberman to pay the fine after fictitious legal research was used in an aviation injury claim.