Schwartz said, adding that he felt embarrassed, humiliated and deeply remorseful.
“God, I wish I did that, and I didn’t do it,” Mr.
He repeatedly tried to explain why he did not conduct further research into the cases that ChatGPT had provided to him. Schwartz squeezed his eyes shut and rubbed his forehead with his left hand. Schwartz and his partner, Peter LoDuca, whose name was on the brief.Īt times during the hearing, Mr. Kevin Castel, said he would now consider whether to impose sanctions on Mr. Stephen Schwarzman cofounded the Blackstone Group in 1985 and grew it into one of the largest investment firms in the world, with nearly 1 trillion in assets under management and businesses in private equity, real estate, and credit, among other areas. Schwartz was grilled by a judge in a hearing ordered after the disclosure that the lawyer had created a legal brief for a case in Federal District Court that was filled with fake judicial opinions and legal citations, all generated by ChatGPT. Schwartz sat slumped, his shoulders drooping and his head rising barely above the back of his chair.įor nearly two hours Thursday, Mr.
Schwartz, appeared nervously upbeat, grinning while talking with his legal team. As the court hearing in Manhattan began, the lawyer, Steven A.