Legal drafting with an unchecked fabricated citation
A Utah court filing contained a nonexistent case generated through ChatGPT. According to the court account reported by heise, the responsible lawyer had not checked the draft. The court ordered cost reimbursement and a $1,000 payment. This is a documented failure case.
Draft: this entry has not yet been human-reviewed. Its summary and extracted facts are AI-assisted. Check the original source before relying on the claims.
For whom
Legal professionals in firms of any size studying drafting risks; legal research expertise.
Not for
Unsuitable for submitting citations without checking the underlying primary legal sources.
Brain Score
- Impact
- 0/2
- Evidence
- 1/2
- Reproducibility
- 1/2
- Maturity
- 2/2
- Reach
- 1/2
Five values from 0 to 2. The total has a minimum of 1. A reading aid based on the source, not an independently measured performance result. How the score works
Original source
- Type
- News
- Published
- Data as of
- 2026-10-31
The data date records when this dataset was included in the collection. It is separate from the publication date of the source.