Anthropic blames Claude AI for ‘embarrassing and unintentional mistake’ in legal filing

https://www.theverge.com/news/668315/anthropic-claude-legal-filing-citation-error

Jess Weatherbed May 16, 2025 · 1 min read
Anthropic blames Claude AI for ‘embarrassing and unintentional mistake’ in legal filing
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Anthropic blames Claude AI for ‘embarrassing and unintentional mistake’ in legal filing

The chatbot added wording errors to a citation that made it look like a genuine article didn’t exist.

The chatbot added wording errors to a citation that made it look like a genuine article didn’t exist.

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