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An AI-based law firm, Garfield AI, won its first court trial in the UK, recovering £7,000 for a freelancer after receiving regulatory approval. The case demonstrates the real-world potential of legal AI to enforce rights at lower cost.
A Mississippi federal judge cancelled a trial and sanctioned all four lawyers involved after discovering both sides used AI to generate legal filings that contained hallucinated, nonexistent case citations, highlighting the risks of unverified AI use in the legal profession.
Musk's lawyer argued they are not asking for money in a lawsuit, but the judge pointed out billions in potential disgorgement. The author believes Musk will lose the case.
A new federal case, Joshi v. OpenAI Foundation, has been filed alleging that an AI chatbot failed to warn authorities about a user planning a mass shooting at Florida State University. This adds to a growing list of lawsuits regarding AI's role in violent acts, focusing on the 'duty to warn' rather than direct instigation.