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Lawyer in Amarsingh v. Frontier Airlines Sanctioned Over Court-Identified ChatGPT Citation Errors
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In brief
An AI system built by Openai, Large Language Model Developers and 2 others and deployed by Pro Se Litigants, Lawyers and 1 other allegedly harmed United States Court Of Appeals For The Tenth Circuit, Judicial Integrity and 2 others.
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- Occurred
- Coverage
- 2 reports
What happened
In Amarsingh v. Frontier Airlines, the Tenth Circuit sanctioned attorney Kusmin L. Amarsingh after finding that her appellate brief included fabricated case citations and misattributed legal authority generated by ChatGPT and not verified before filing. The court ordered a $1,000 payment to Frontier and referred the matter to Maryland disciplinary authorities.
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News reports (2)
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Who was involved
- Alleged deployer
- Pro Se Litigants, Lawyers, Kusmin L. Amarsingh
- Alleged developer
- Openai, Large Language Model Developers, Chatbot Developers, Ai Research Tool Developers
- Alleged harmed party
- United States Court Of Appeals For The Tenth Circuit, Judicial Integrity, Frontier Airlines, Epistemic Integrity
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Source record: incident #1577 on the AI Incident Database · all 2 reports