In a case that made headlines earlier this year, an attorney with Dudley DeBosier was cited by a Baton Rouge state court judge for including a fabricated quote in a legal pleading drafted with the help of an artificial intelligence tool.
In a written apology to the court, the attorney said he felt “surprise, confusion, shame and regret” over the incident, explaining that the firm had recently begun using a new AI platform for lawyers called EVE.
“I cannot be sure if the mistake involved the EVE AI software or if this was my personal mistake,” Ross LeBlanc wrote in his March apology to 19th Judicial District Court Judge William Jorden. “Either way, the mistake is ultimately mine.”…