Craig Wright ordered to pay $290,000 in legal costs over improper AI usage
Craig Wright ordered to pay $290,000 in legal costs over improper AI usage A UK judge has ordered Craig Wright to pay £225,000 ($290,000) of the Crypto Open Patent Alliance’s (COPA) legal costs after ruling Wright “improperly” used AI to file his appeal and “risked significantly misleading the court.” That’s according to a court order shared by PA News Agency, in which Lord Justice Arnold claimed the volume of Wright’s appeal submissions were “exceptional, wholly unnecessary, and wholly disproportionate.” He ordered Wright to pay an “appropriate” sum of £100,000 to cover COPA’s appeal costs and £125,000 for the legal costs of various other developers today. Justice Arnold said Wright “Improperly used AI to prepare his submissions, which risked significantly misleading the court“ and “pursued his applications in part for ulterior motives , and in particular in support of his publicity campaign.” Owner of 8,000 lost bitcoin using AI to help with excav...