AI faked citations in more than 2,000 cases as Google pitches legal model - The Daily Bo Snerdley
- More than 2,000 legal cases worldwide since 2023 have involved AI-generated errors such as fake citations, with over 1,300 cases in the U.S., according to legal researcher Damien Charlotin's database.
- Google launched Gemini Enterprise for Legal in August to assist with advanced legal tasks and described it as a complement to legal teams, not a replacement, as stated by Google's General Counsel Halimah DeLaine Prado.
- The number of AI hallucination cases in legal decisions initially rose rapidly but has plateaued recently due to better tools and higher awareness, according to Charlotin.
- Most incidents resulted in warnings; fewer than 160 cases led to disciplinary actions, with fines typically ranging from $1,000 to $5,000, based on Charlotin's data.
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AI Faked Citations In More Than 2,000 Cases As Google Pitches Legal Model
Artificial intelligence continues to produce fake court citations as companies market their language models to law firms.
AI faked citations in more than 2,000 cases as Google pitches legal model - The Daily Bo Snerdley
Artificial intelligence continues to produce fake court citations as companies market their language models to law firms. Generative AI hallucinations were listed in more than 2,000 court decisions since 2023, according to a public database created by legal researcher Damien Charlotin. At the same time, Google just promoted its legal AI tool as a “complement” to legal teams, according to an Axios interview released Tuesday. “I view it as a compl…
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