Rapper “Pras” Michel, one-third of the legendary hip-hop group The Fugees, accused his lawyer from a latest federal prison case of utilizing AI in his closing arguments. Ars Technica reports that the “Ghetto Supastar” artist claims his one-time legal professional, David Kenner, used an AI program with which the lawyer doubtlessly had a monetary curiosity. Pras, whose authorized identify is Prakazrel Samuel Michel, was found responsible in April of 10 counts of conspiring and appearing as an unregistered international authorities agent and faces as much as 20 years in jail. The rapper is looking for a brand new trial.
Pras’ movement for a brand new trial says Kenner “used an experimental artificial intelligence (AI) program to draft the closing argument, ignoring the best arguments and conflating the charged schemes, and he then publicly boasted that the AI program ‘turned hours or days of legal work into seconds.’” That quote was pulled from a promotional article for EyeLevel.AI, “litigation assistance technology” that lists an entity referred to as CaseFile Connect as a launch companion. The movement says CaseFile Connect’s principal deal with is identical as Kenner’s regulation agency.
“It is now apparent that Kenner and his co-counsel appear to have had an undisclosed financial stake in the AI program, and they experimented with it during Michel’s trial so they could issue a press release afterward promoting the program—a clear conflict of interest,” Pras’ movement alleges.
The Fugee claims Kenner’s use of the AI software led him to make embarrassing musical misattributions in his closing arguments. It accuses the lawyer of attributing the lyrics “Every single day, every time I pray, I will be missing you” to Pras’ group, The Fugees. (That line was from Puff Daddy and Faith Evans’s 1997 Biggie Smalls tribute “I’ll Be Missing You.”) The movement additionally alleges Kenner credited Michel’s 1998 solo hit “Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are)” to The Fugees.
In addition to the AI accusations, the movement alleges that Kenner was “ineffective” and that his actions “severely prejudiced the defense.” It says the legal professional “failed to familiarize himself with the charged statutes, causing him to overlook critical weaknesses in the Government’s case.” In addition, it accuses Kenner of failing to grasp the info or allegations whereas outsourcing trial prep and technique to contract attorneys at a buddy’s e-discovery firm (amongst different allegations).
Pras was discovered responsible in April of funneling cash from Malaysian financier Low Taek Jho to Barack Obama’s 2012 reelection marketing campaign. Prosecutors insisted Pras donated the cash for Low, whereas the rapper argued he was solely making an attempt to assist the businessman take a photograph with Obama. Pras then allegedly tried to quash a DOJ investigation and affect an extradition case.
If Pras’ grievance sounds acquainted, it parallels the “ChatGPT lawyer” Steven Schwartz, who cited fictional circumstances as an inaccurate precedent in a authorized doc. Schwartz, his affiliate Peter LoDuca and their regulation agency Levidow, Levidow and Oberman have been fined $5,000 for having “abandoned their responsibilities” within the case. Schwartz claimed he used the chatbot to “supplement” his analysis whereas insisting he was “unaware of the possibility that [ChatGPT’s] content could be false.”
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