Law Firm's ChatGPT Fee Justification Backfires, Judge Cites AI's Unreliability
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Law firm Cuddy Law tried using ChatGPT to justify high legal fees, but judge rejected it as unpersuasive and awarded less than half what they asked for
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Judge rebuked Cuddy for relying on ChatGPT, noting its tendency to lie and spout nonsense
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Judge cited two recent cases where lawyers were reproved for using ChatGPT to generate fake case law
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Problem goes beyond those cases, with examples of lawyers citing bogus AI-generated authorities
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Judge advised Cuddy to remove future ChatGPT references from fee applications unless its reliability fundamentally shifts