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Pennsylvania · federal district court · 2024

Burlone v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania, 9 September 2024. What the court wrote about citations that did not exist, in its own words, from the document on file.

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  1. Court. District Court, M.D. PennsylvaniaCOURT
  2. Level. federal district courtLEVEL
  3. Date. 9 September 2024DATED
  4. Docket. No. 3:24-cv-00495DOCKET
  5. Judge. Phillip J. CaraballoJUDGE
  6. Documents. one document, 1 passage quoted belowON FILE
  7. Source. CourtListenerSOURCE

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Docket entry 20, 9 September 2024 · source · PDF · 1 pages

Docket text. CIVIL PRACTICE ORDER - Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence ("AI"). See Order for details. Signed by Honorable Karoline Mehalchick on 9/9/2024. (cd)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA IN RE: USE OF GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (“AI”) CIVIL ACTION NO S.: CIVIL CASES ASSIGNED TO JUDGE MEHALCHICK CIVIL PRACTICE ORDER Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence Increased use of Artificial Intelligence (“AI”), particularly Generative AI(including, but not limited to, OpenAI’s ChatGPT or Google’s Bard), in the practice of law raises a number of practical concerns for the Court, including the risk that the generative AI tool might generate legally or factually incorrect information, or that it might create unsupported or nonexistent legal citations.

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