Lynn White was out of options.

Behind on payments for her mobile home in Long Beach, California , and facing an eviction notice, she had no money for a lawyer. So she accepted a court-appointed attorney and lost.

But White wanted to appeal. So, she decided to consult ChatGPT. Having previously used AI to generate videos for her small music production business, she thought it might be able to help in the legal arena, too.

“It was like having God up there responding to my questions,” White said after using the chatbot and an AI-powered search engine called Perplexity to help represent herself in court.

White regularly provided ChatGPT with documents and detailed information about her case. The chatbot helped White identify potential errors in a judge’s procedural decisions, chart out p

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