Lawyer fabricates brief using ChatGPT, then doubles down when judge wants details of the fake cases it cited

This is rich. An attorney used ChatGPT to create fake legal cases for their arguments in a lawsuit. When the court asked for the cited cases, the attorney doubled down and exploited the AI again to fabricate full case details. Even though they were non-existent, these fabricated details were then incorporated into their legal filings. — Read the rest