making stuff up in legal proceedings
2025-03-06 21:10:32.553166+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
Judges Are Fed up With Lawyers Using AI That Hallucinate Court Cases.
But the explanation and Ramirez’s promise to educate himself on the use of AI wasn’t enough, and the judge chided him for not doing his research before filing. “It is abundantly clear that Mr. Ramirez did not make the requisite reasonable inquiry into the law. Had he expended even minimal effort to do so, he would have discovered that the AI-generated cases do not exist. That the AI-generated excerpts appeared valid to Mr. Ramirez does not relieve him of his duty to conduct a reasonable inquiry,” Judge Dinsmore continued, before recommending that Ramirez be sanctioned for $15,000.
I am not a lawyer, don't know that much about the legal profession, but I do not understand why the penalty for making up citations in court cases and legal proceedings is a slap on the wrist.