A leading national expert on misinformation appears to have cited non-existent (and possibly ChatGPT-generated) sources in a Minnesota election misinfo case minnesotareformer.com/2024/11/20/mis…
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Update: It's been a week since lawyers noted the presence of apparently AI-generated citations in an affidavit by misinformation researcher Jeff Hancock of Stanford, but there's been nothing but radio silence from them. Not a great look!
Nov 22, 2024 · 5:30 PM UTC
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Good grief: in a late afternoon filing entered the day before Thanksgiving, Stanford misinformation expert Jeff Hancock admits he uses ChatGPT to draft his $600-an-hour expert opinions, and says you should believe them anyway despite containing links to nonexistent sources
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More here from lawyer @FrankBednarz x.com/FrankBednarz/s…
🚨🚨🚨 Update 🚨🚨🚨
Jeff Hancock, the $600/hr “AI and misinformation” that Minnesota's AG @keithellison hired to defend criminalizing political deepfakes admits his declaration includes fake journal articles hallucinated by ChatGPT.
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Would I normally be posting about this sort of nonsense on Thanksgiving? No. Does dropping it at 4 PM the day before Thanksgiving ensure that I'm going to post about it anyway? Yes.
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I'm gonna go touch grass like a normal person now, but we'll have more on this at the @MNReformer soon.
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Here's our updated story, since you all keep RTing this thread instead of the new one. I think the headline is pretty good. minnesotareformer.com/2024/12/02/mis…
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Ope: Stanford Daily reports that the professor who put fake AI-generated citations in his court documents is currently teaching students about the proper use of citations stanforddaily.com/2024/12/04/han…
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@_cingraham Rule #1654.3 - When you’re clearly wrong, simply ignore anyone who brings it up.
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@_cingraham I bet this fellow has starred in quite a few experts-say articles.
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