Damien Charlotin's database tracks judgments and rulings in which a court addresses the use of AI in case documents, in particular fabricated citations to judgments and sources that do not exist. At the last update, on 25 October, the number of cases had reached 2,217, and lawyers were involved in 879 of them. AI is a useful tool, but it can assert with complete confidence that a judgment exists which was never delivered. At ESJA Legal we sometimes use AI to speed things up, but we never cite a judgment or a statutory provision in our documents unless a lawyer has first read the full text. So how can consumers and business owners best make use of AI? It is sensible to use AI to get some initial answers, but it is important to ask the AI where the information comes from and then check for yourself whether the sources support the conclusion you were given.
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