The Judge noted the unprecedented situation in his May 4 order, stating, “The court is presented with an unprecedented circumstance.”
AI creates fake court citations
Among the supposedly cited cases was Varghese v. China South Airlines, Martinez v. Delta Airlines, Shaboon v. EgyptAir, Petersen v. Iran Air, Miller v. United Airlines, and Estate of Durden v. KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.
However, neither the judge nor the defense could verify the existence of these cases.
Schwartz, in an affidavit, claimed that he had never used ChatGPT for legal research prior to this case and was unaware of the possibility that its content could be false.
However, he accepted responsibility for not verifying the sources provided by the chatbot. As a result, Schwartz is now facing a sanctions hearing on June 8.
Expressing remorse in a recent affidavit, Schwartz stated, “I greatly regret having utilized generative artificial intelligence to supplement the legal research performed herein and will never do so in the future without absolute verification of its authenticity.”
