One of the problems with conversational AI chatbots at this stage is that they tend to hallucinate. In other words, they make up information to fit the user’s request. ChatGPT is a language model designed to give the user a response to a question and in doing so, the AI chatbot will come up with information to fill any voids even if what it comes up with isn’t true.
The New York Times (via
Mashable) reported about an attorney named Steven Schwartz of Levidow, Levidow & Oberman who has worked as an attorney for 30 years. But thanks to ChatGPT, Schwartz could find himself looking for a new profession. You see, Schwartz was representing a client named Roberto Mata who was suing Colombia-based airline Avianca after his knee was hurt by a serving cart that smacked into him during a flight.
The decision by Schwartz to use ChatGPT could cost him his 30-year legal career
Avianca tried to get a judge to dismiss the case and Mata’s lawyers-including Schwartz-submitted a brief containing similar cases that were heard in court in an attempt to pro
