The judge slammed lawyers for the artificial intelligence generated research

A Senator’s Perspective on AI-Generated Research: a Clue to the K&L Gates Law Office about the Byrd Rule

A bill was introduced in the House that would prevent states from putting restrictions on the design, performance, civil liability and documentation of Artificial Intelligence models. The latter category considers any computational process that uses machine learning, statistical modeling, data analysis and artificial intelligence to produce simplified outputs that are used to influence or replace human decision making.

ARI notes that the Byrd rule could make this provision difficult to pass, as it says reconciliation can only focus on fiscal issues. Still, it’s troubling to see Republican lawmakers push to block oversight of a new technology that’s being integrated into almost everything.

The filing noted that an outline for a supplemental brief was created by the legal representative’s use of artificial intelligence. However, this outline contained “bogus AI-generated research” when it was sent to a separate law firm, K&L Gates, which added the information to a brief. “No attorney or staff member at either firm apparently cite-checked or otherwise reviewed that research before filing the brief,” Judge Milner writes.

I was persuaded by authorities that they cited, and looked up decisions to learn more about them, but they didn’t exist. That is frightening. It led to the scarier outcome of including those bogus materials in a judicial order.