Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day.
I feel terrible for those lawyers and firms that have found themselves on the wrong side of this issue in court—it must be very frustrating and concerning. But I’m determined that we put in place every measure we can to ensure that that does not happen.
As lawyers, we’re professionals. It’s our responsibility before we file something to make sure that it says what we cite it for, that it exists. That was true before AI … you make sure it was accurately cited. I don’t think anything is happening that hasn’t happened before.
— Liz Washko, managing shareholder of Ogletree Deakins, in comments given to the Daily Report, concerning AI hallucinations of nonexistent case citations sneaking their way into court filings, and what the lawyers at her firm are doing to make sure it doesn’t happen to them. Washko went on to say that when it comes to AI, her firm has policies to make sure attorneys “understand what they’re expected to do and not to do,” and that Ogletree is “taking additional steps to ensure that we’re complying with those.”
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