An expert witness supporting news organizations in their copyright lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft is facing scrutiny after his own expert report included AI-generated charts that he did not verify. This comes despite the expert having publicly warned others to always verify AI output before relying on it.
According to a report from Techdirt, the development emerged in the massive multidistrict litigation over AI training, where the tech companies' lawyers have called for the expert's report to be excluded. The contradiction between the expert's stated caution and his actual practice has become a focus of the challenge.
The episode highlights the double-edged nature of AI use in legal proceedings, especially when experts are held to high standards of reliability. The outcome could influence how courts handle AI-assisted expert testimony in high-stakes intellectual property disputes.