Computing.co.uk Jonathan Armstrong debunks the AI legal revolution

Computing.co.uk: Jonathan Armstrong debunks the AI legal revolution

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There has been lots of talk about AI revolutionising businesses and professions, including bold statements about the way the technology can eliminate lawyers. But does the hype match the reality?

One of the first known trials for AI in the law came to light in 2023, when lawyers in an airline liability case submitted a list of previously decided cases (lawyers calls them precedents) to a court in New York.

The move was in support of the lawyers’ argument that their case shouldn’t be struck out. The judge and the defendant’s lawyers struggled to find the cases cited. Why? Because ChatGPT had made them up.

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