{"id":216007,"date":"2026-05-18T17:44:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T21:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/18\/lawyer-apologizes-for-phantom-ai-quotes-in-trump-layoffs-case\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T19:25:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T23:25:18","slug":"lawyer-apologizes-for-phantom-ai-quotes-in-trump-layoffs-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/18\/lawyer-apologizes-for-phantom-ai-quotes-in-trump-layoffs-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawyer apologizes for &#8216;phantom&#8217; AI quotes in Trump layoffs case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/transactional\/lawyer-apologizes-phantom-ai-quotes-trump-layoffs-case-2026-05-18\/\">Lawyer apologizes for &#8216;phantom&#8217; AI quotes in Trump layoffs case<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/transactional\/lawyer-apologizes-phantom-ai-quotes-trump-layoffs-case-2026-05-18\/\">https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/transactional\/lawyer-apologizes-phantom-ai-quotes-trump-layoffs-case-2026-05-18\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-18 17:44:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.reuters.com\">www.reuters.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A lawyer from Binnall Law Group, Jason Greaves, apologized to a federal judge for including AI-generated \u201cphantom\u201d quotations in a court filing related to Trump administration&#8217;s firing of government employees.<\/li>\n<li>Greaves admitted to using Anthropic\u2019s Claude Console for the initial draft but did not properly review the content, blaming time constraints for overlooking the errors.<\/li>\n<li>The law firm is representing a former U.S. Department of Homeland Security deputy chief of staff, Joseph Guy, as a witness in a suit against Trump administration layoffs.<\/li>\n<li>Numerous attorneys have faced sanctions or received reprimands since the advent of generative AI in 2022 for improperly using AI without due diligence.<\/li>\n<li>Greaves took full responsibility and apologized for the misuse of AI, while his firm\u2019s founding partner, Jesse Binnall, called it an embarrassing \u201cunacceptable\u201d mistake and vowed it wouldn\u2019t recur.<\/li>\n<li>Judge Susan Illston was troubled by the inclusion of non-existent quotations in the filing.<\/li>\n<li>The law firm said it will implement additional safeguards, including further training, to prevent future occurrences.<\/li>\n<li>The firm has established policies to restrict the use of AI tools for legal research and drafting, advocating the use of traditional platforms such as Westlaw or LexisNexis.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lawyer apologizes for &#8216;phantom&#8217; 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