The brief was filed.
The cases did not exist.
Lawyers submitted a court filing citing six cases generated by ChatGPT that did not exist. The court sanctioned the lawyers and their firm.
A polished filing. Invented evidence.
In Mata v. Avianca, the court found that a filing relied on nonexistent cases and that the lawyers continued to defend the material after its accuracy was challenged. On June 22, 2023, it imposed a joint $5,000 penalty on the lawyers and their firm, along with notification requirements.
The consequence travels beyond the answer.
An invented citation can become a lawyer’s argument and a client’s case. The problem is not whether a document looks finished. It is whether the work deserves the reliance people place on it.
Better work starts before the filing.
We are building to improve the information, decisions and interactions behind a result—not just to check how convincing the final answer sounds.
Read the court’s decision.
This is an external incident, not an Assistant Gym customer result.