AI invented fake legal cases allegedly filed to BC court in Canadian 1st

A B.C. courtroom is believed to be the site of Canada’s first case of artificial intelligence inventing fake legal cases.

Lawyers Lorne and Fraser MacLean told Global News they discovered fake case law submitted by the opposing lawyer in a civil case in B.C. Supreme Court.

“The impact of the case is chilling for the legal community,” Lorne MacLean, K.C., said.

Sources told Global News the case was a high-net-worth family matter, with the best interests of children at stake.

Lawyer Chong Ke allegedly used ChatGPT to prepare legal briefs in support of the father's application to take his children to China for a visit — resulting in one or more cases that do not actually exist being submitted to the court.

Global News has learned Ke told the court she was unaware that AI chatbots like ChatGPT can be unreliable, and did not check to see if the cases actually existed — and apologized to the court.

Global News reporter Rumina Daya has more.

For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca/news/10238699/fake-legal-case-bc-ai/

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