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The ChatGPT-written petition that earned a fine from the TSE
A lawyer filed a petition written with ChatGPT at the TSE and was fined for bad-faith litigation.
- Profession
- Lawyer
- Tools
- ChatGPT
- Source
- migalhas.com.br ↗
- Country
- 🇧🇷 Brazil
- Report date
- April 19, 2023
- Verified on
- October 24, 2026
What they did
A lawyer asked to join a case at the TSE as amicus curiae using a text generated with ChatGPT, written as a "fable," as a protest against the courts' use of AI.
How it went
The inspector general imposed a fine of R$ 2,604 for bad-faith litigation.
Good to know
A court filing is the responsibility of whoever signs it. Use AI only for a draft and review every line.
The prompt
Review this draft petition [paste text without the parties' data] and point out: unsupported claims, citations I need to verify at the official source, and passages that might come across as procedural bad faith.
Replace what is in [brackets]. Prompt written by us from the account, not a literal copy of the source. Do not paste other people’s personal data (privacy laws such as LGPD and GDPR apply).
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