Subj : Re: ChatGPT Writing
To   : jimmylogan
From : Bob Worm
Date : Thu Dec 04 2025 22:14:55

  Re: Re: ChatGPT Writing
  By: jimmylogan to Bob Worm on Wed Dec 03 2025 20:58:51

Hi, jimmylogan.

 > But that 'third option' - you're saying it didn't 'find' that somewhere
 > in a dataset, and just made it up?

The third option was software that ran on a completely different product set. A reasonably analogy would be it's like saying that an iPhone runs MacOS.

 >  BW> Just look at all the recent scandals around people filing court cases
 >  BW> prepared by ChatGPT which refer to legal precedents where either the
 >  BW> case was irrelevant to the point, didn't contain what ChatGPT said it
 >  BW> did or didn't exist at all.
 >
 > I've not seen/read those. Assuuming you have some links? :-)

I guess you should be able to read this outside the UK:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-65735769

Some others:
https://www.legalcheek.com/2025/02/another-lawyer-faces-chatgpt-trouble/

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/05/lawyer-cited-6-fake-cases-made-up-by-chatgpt-judge-calls-it-unprecedented/

https://www.theregister.com/2024/02/24/chatgpt_cuddy_legal_fees/

It's enough of a problem that the London High Court ruled earlier this year that lawyers caught citing non-existent cases could face criminal charges. So I'm probably not hallucinating it :)

BobW

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