Even though ChatGPT has some pretty clear disclaimers about factual accuracy, two New York City attorneys and their law firm gained a lot of public attention for claiming that the bogus cases cited in their federal court filing were the result of (wrongly) using ChatGPT as a legal-research database. Federal District Court Judge P. Kevin…
Tag: plain-language editing
“Chatting” with ChatGPT about plain-language editing
I had some Q&A banter with ChatGPT because I wanted to get curious about how ChatGPT works and later share a glimpse of how it can help during plain-language editing. Our exchanges are captured in this video. A transcript is reprinted below. (If the video text seems too small when the video is viewed within…
Emoji “translator” needed? Ask Bard (Google), Bing (Microsoft), and ChatGPT (OpenAI)
Cher is known for heavy emoji Tweets. And emojis often find their way into court cases. Ever wonder what a series of emojis may mean? Perhaps someone texted you: 🐰🥚🐣💐🌷🌹🌸🌼🌺🌻🌷💐🌹🌸🌼🌺🌻 Or perhaps you are reviewing law-enforcement produced or civil discovery (or a record on appeal) and come across a message string like this: 🔫🔪🩸😈🤵💵⛓️💀 What…