The blame game over AI hallucinations in court filings has started
A Louisiana lawyer apologized after submitting court filings containing fabricated quotes from a real case, potentially due to reliance on AI tools, though the software company Eve denied responsibility. As AI-generated errors in legal documents increase, attorneys are beginning to name the tools they use, sparking a blame game between lawyers and AI developers. Companies like Eve, Harvey, and Legora face reputational risks if their AI systems contribute to inaccuracies in court submissions.
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Lawyers keep getting burned by artificial intelligence that invents cases and makes up quotes. Now, some attorneys are naming the software they used. Loading audio narration... Last month, a Louisiana personal injury lawyer apologized after submitting briefs that cited a real court decision but quoted passages that didn't exist. The mistakes appeared in two filings in the 19th Judicial District Court in Baton Rouge and were flagged by opposing counsel."I'm trying to understand how I made this mistake," Ross LeBlanc, a partner at Dudley DeBosier, wrote in a private letter to Judge William Jorden on March 27. Earlier this year, he said, he began using an artificial intelligence program called Eve to draft pleadings. At first, he checked the citations often.
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