Arthur Besse@lemmy.ml to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · edit-22 years agoSarah Silverman and other authors are suing OpenAI and Meta for copyright infringement, alleging that they're training their LLMs on books via Library Genesis and Z-Librarywww.thedailybeast.comexternal-linkmessage-square130fedilinkarrow-up1219arrow-down10cross-posted to: chatgpt@lemdro.id
arrow-up1219arrow-down1external-linkSarah Silverman and other authors are suing OpenAI and Meta for copyright infringement, alleging that they're training their LLMs on books via Library Genesis and Z-Librarywww.thedailybeast.comArthur Besse@lemmy.ml to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · edit-22 years agomessage-square130fedilinkcross-posted to: chatgpt@lemdro.id
minus-squarefulano@lemmy.eco.brlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoAre you saying that, technically, chatgpt is constructing legal cases against itself?
minus-squareChahk@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoNo, I’m saying this already actually happened. Some lawyer or paralegal used ChatGPT for a court case, and it referenced non-existent cases.
minus-squarewhile1malloc0@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoThey got off surprisingly easy for doing so, too: https://www.reuters.com/legal/new-york-lawyers-sanctioned-using-fake-chatgpt-cases-legal-brief-2023-06-22/. The $5k they were fined amounts to roughly 14 billable hours if they’re at the NY average of $357 an hour https://www.attorneyatwork.com/solo-and-small-firm-lawyer-hourly-rates/#h-the-top-10-states-for-lawyer-hourly-rates.
minus-squarefulano@lemmy.eco.brlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoSorry, I was trying to make a joke, but didn’t work well, apparently. By the way, I’ve heard about that case. It was very interesting to see how people are trying to use chatgpt, despite all warnings that it can provide false data.
Are you saying that, technically, chatgpt is constructing legal cases against itself?
No, I’m saying this already actually happened. Some lawyer or paralegal used ChatGPT for a court case, and it referenced non-existent cases.
They got off surprisingly easy for doing so, too: https://www.reuters.com/legal/new-york-lawyers-sanctioned-using-fake-chatgpt-cases-legal-brief-2023-06-22/. The $5k they were fined amounts to roughly 14 billable hours if they’re at the NY average of $357 an hour https://www.attorneyatwork.com/solo-and-small-firm-lawyer-hourly-rates/#h-the-top-10-states-for-lawyer-hourly-rates.
Sorry, I was trying to make a joke, but didn’t work well, apparently.
By the way, I’ve heard about that case. It was very interesting to see how people are trying to use chatgpt, despite all warnings that it can provide false data.