As is often the case with disruptive technologies, the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) has outpaced our ability to regulate it. Predictably, this has led to some cautionary examples of ill-considered use of AI.
For instance, a Colorado attorney’s use of generative AI to prepare a motion to set aside summary judgment led to an embarrassing—and potentially career-threatening—result. The attorney did not cite-check the cases cited by ChatGPT, and it turns out that many of the cases either did not exist or did not stand for the propositions cited. Ultimately, the judge denied the motion and threatened to file a complaint against the attorney for making material misrepresentations of law.
