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Lawyers Apologize After Fake Claude-Generated Quotes Appear in Trump Layoffs Case
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A federal court fight over Donald Trump administration layoffs has become the latest example of AI hallucinations entering the courtroom after attorneys admitted submitting fabricated quotations generated by artificial intelligence.
Key facts
- Launched in March 2023 as the Anthropic Developer Console, Claude Console is Anthropic’s enterprise platform for interacting with its Claude AI models, which businesses and professionals use
- Given the tight time constraints the reporter used an enterprise level, data-isolated AI platform, Claude Console, to create an initial draft of the motion
- The morning of May 6, the reporter sent the draft to an associate attorney, along with explicit, oral instructions that the draft had come from AI, and colleagues needed the citations to be carefully checked
- In a declaration filed on Friday, attorney Jason Greaves admitted the filing included fake quotations generated after he used Anthropic’s Claude Console to help prepare the motion
Summary
Lawyers in a federal layoffs case apologized after AI-generated “phantom quotations” appeared in a court filing. Attorney Jason Greaves said he used Anthropic’s Claude Console under “tight time constraints.” The filing stemmed from a subpoena dispute connected to FEMA layoffs challenged in federal court. In a declaration filed on Friday, attorney Jason Greaves admitted the filing included fake quotations generated after he used Anthropic’s Claude Console to help prepare the motion.