Lawyer Apologizes for Using ChatGPT for an Affidavit

• A lawyer used ChatGPT to write an affidavit in a personal injury lawsuit against an airline.
• Lawyers for the airline and the judge on the case could not find several of the cited court decisions. 
• That’s because those cases were completely made up. 

ChatGPT has seen its popularity rise in recent months as optimism and skepticism about the new generative AI program soars. 

However, the tool is at the heart of a case to discipline a New York lawyer. Steven Schwartz, a personal injury lawyer with Levidow, Levidow & Oberman, faces a sanctions hearing on June 8, after…