Quebec man must pay $1K over using fake AI-generated legal cases, court rules
The court says the man cited four court decisions that did not exist, including two he claimed were from the Supreme Court of Canada.
A Quebec man has been ordered to pay his ex-wife $1,000 after using fabricated legal cases generated by ChatGPT in a divorce dispute, according to a Quebec Court of Appeal decision. The man represented himself during the asset division proceedings and cited four non-existent court decisions, including two claimed to be from the Supreme Court of Canada.
Despite learning from a lawyer that the cases did not exist, he still filed his arguments without removing them. The court determined that knowingly citing false cases was a serious breach that caused extra work for the court and his ex-wife. The man was required to compensate his ex-wife $1,000 for her time and effort, in addition to covering the appeal costs.
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