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Michael Cohen cites AI-generated court cases in his defense (www.theverge.com)

submitted 6 months ago by Carighan to c/nottheonion

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Michael Cohen, the former lawyer for Donald Trump, admitted to citing fake, AI-generated court cases in a legal document that wound up in front of a federal judge, as reported earlier by The New York Times. A filing unsealed on Friday says Cohen used Google’s Bard to perform research after mistaking it for “a super-charged search engine” rather than an AI chatbot.

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[–] FlashMobOfOne 43 points 6 months ago (5 children)

I work for a law firm, and yeah, this happens a lot. The stupidity and laziness of our clients' in-house attorneys is making us a lot of money.

[–] littlebluespark 19 points 6 months ago (2 children)

So, AI is... checks notes... making you a lot of money, by association?

[–] FlashMobOfOne 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I do get profit sharing. :)

[–] KGB 2 points 6 months ago

Hi there, Mr Specter.

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