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AI is going to be a lawyer's wet dream. Imagine the ads on TV: "Has AI lied about you? Your case could be worth millions. Call now!"

Handy-Man 1y ago
I mean even lawyers are getting sanctioned for using them without verifying their outputs lol. - https://www.msba.org/site/site/content/News-and-Publications/News/General-News/Massachusetts_Lawyer-Sanctioned_for_AI_Generated-Fictitious_Cases.aspx https://www.msba.org/site/site/content/News-and-Publications... - https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/judge-disqualifies-three-butler-snow-attorneys-case-over-ai-citations-2025-07-24/ https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/judge-disqualifies-... - https://calmatters.org/economy/technology/2025/09/chatgpt-lawyer-fine-ai-regulation/ https://calmatters.org/economy/technology/2025/09/chatgpt-la...
ghjv 1y ago
strange to talk about it in the future tense. it's here and yep, it's an object of fascination for the legal system
rchaud 1y ago
Unlike medicine, AI isn't regulated, so lawyers won't have anything to go after.
- advisedwang 1y ago
  I think the parent post imagines defamation cases will be worthwhile. I'm sure there will be some, but an AI simply lying in a query doesn't = damages worth suing over.
  - jqpabc123 1y ago
    It depends on who is the lie was about and what was said. Simple example: A prospective employer refuses to hire you because of some blatant falsehood generated by an LLM.
filoleg 1y ago
And also (an incompetent and lazy) lawyer’s worst nightmare. At least once a week, there is another US court case where the judge absolutely rips apart an attorney for AI-generated briefs and statements featuring made-up citations and nonexistent cases. I am not even following the topic closely, and yet I just encounter at least once a week. Here are a couple most recent ones I spotted: Mezu v. Mezu (oct 29)[0], USA v. Glennie Antonio McGee (oct 10)[1]. 0. https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:US:a948060e-23ed-41dc-9bb4-9f2c99deceda https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:US:a948060e-23ed-41... 1. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.alsd.74129/gov.uscourts.alsd.74129.653.0.pdf https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.alsd.74...
- lesuorac 1y ago
  Meh, the lawyer got a scarlet letter. Wake me up when somebody gets disbarred.

Handy-Man 1y ago

I mean even lawyers are getting sanctioned for using them without verifying their outputs lol. - https://www.msba.org/site/site/content/News-and-Publications/News/General-News/Massachusetts_Lawyer-Sanctioned_for_AI_Generated-Fictitious_Cases.aspx https://www.msba.org/site/site/content/News-and-Publications... - https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/judge-disqualifies-three-butler-snow-attorneys-case-over-ai-citations-2025-07-24/ https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/judge-disqualifies-... - https://calmatters.org/economy/technology/2025/09/chatgpt-lawyer-fine-ai-regulation/ https://calmatters.org/economy/technology/2025/09/chatgpt-la...

ghjv 1y ago

strange to talk about it in the future tense. it's here and yep, it's an object of fascination for the legal system

rchaud 1y ago

Unlike medicine, AI isn't regulated, so lawyers won't have anything to go after.

advisedwang 1y ago
I think the parent post imagines defamation cases will be worthwhile. I'm sure there will be some, but an AI simply lying in a query doesn't = damages worth suing over.
- jqpabc123 1y ago
  It depends on who is the lie was about and what was said. Simple example: A prospective employer refuses to hire you because of some blatant falsehood generated by an LLM.

filoleg 1y ago

And also (an incompetent and lazy) lawyer’s worst nightmare. At least once a week, there is another US court case where the judge absolutely rips apart an attorney for AI-generated briefs and statements featuring made-up citations and nonexistent cases. I am not even following the topic closely, and yet I just encounter at least once a week. Here are a couple most recent ones I spotted: Mezu v. Mezu (oct 29)[0], USA v. Glennie Antonio McGee (oct 10)[1]. 0. https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:US:a948060e-23ed-41dc-9bb4-9f2c99deceda https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:US:a948060e-23ed-41... 1. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.alsd.74129/gov.uscourts.alsd.74129.653.0.pdf https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.alsd.74...

lesuorac 1y ago
Meh, the lawyer got a scarlet letter. Wake me up when somebody gets disbarred.