Overview
- The High Court ruled that presenting AI-generated false legal material can amount to contempt of court or the criminal offence of perverting the course of justice
- In a £89 million damages claim against Qatar National Bank, 18 of 45 cited cases were found to be entirely fabricated by generative AI
- Dame Victoria Sharp stated that existing guidance is insufficient and called on legal regulators to implement practical measures against AI misuse
- The Law Society of England and Wales warned that AI ‘hallucinations’ require lawyers to rigorously check and verify all research produced by generative tools
- In the US, two New York attorneys were fined $5,000 and one lawyer was referred to a federal appeals panel for citing ChatGPT-made-up precedents