Attorney questioned over AI errors in parental rights appeal
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The West Virginia Supreme Court recently confronted an attorney who admitted to including fake artificial intelligence-generated citations in a brief in a parental rights case. (Photo by imaginima/Getty Images)
The West Virginia Supreme Court recently confronted an attorney who admitted to including fake artificial intelligence-generated citations in a brief in a parental rights case.
The justices asked attorney Amanda Alexander about the errors during oral arguments in the case, noting that the brief and the reply brief had significant “inaccuracies,” according to a story from WV News.
Alexander reportedly said she thought that she had checked the citations.
“But I wrote that brief under a lot of pressure and submitted it around, I believe, 4 a.m.,” Alexander also said, WV News reports.
The justices asked Alexander whether she used AI to draft the briefs, to which Alexander replied no, WV News reports. She acknowledged that she did use it to research caselaw, which led to the miscitations, as well as fabricated syllabus points.
Alexander was permitted to continue with her argument in the case, which was an appeal of an order terminating parental rights.
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