New Mexico lawyer fined for using AI-generated brief containing fabricated police testimony
The New Mexico supreme court building in Santa Fe on 9 January 2023. Photograph: Morgan Lee/APView image in fullscreenThe New Mexico supreme court building in Santa Fe on 9 January 2023. Some judges have also faced scrutiny over the use of AI themselves.Dozens of lawyers have been sanctioned for filing briefs in which AI made up case citations or misquoted the law.
- ▪The New Mexico supreme court building in Santa Fe on 9 January 2023.
- ▪Photograph: Morgan Lee/APView image in fullscreenThe New Mexico supreme court building in Santa Fe on 9 January 2023.
- ▪Some judges have also faced scrutiny over the use of AI themselves.Dozens of lawyers have been sanctioned for filing briefs in which AI made up case citations or misquoted the law.
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The New Mexico supreme court building in Santa Fe on 9 January 2023. Photograph: Morgan Lee/APView image in fullscreenThe New Mexico supreme court building in Santa Fe on 9 January 2023. Photograph: Morgan Lee/APChatGPTNew Mexico lawyer fined for using AI-generated brief containing fabricated police testimonyStephen Aarons said he tried to use ChatGPT to create a ‘bulletproof summary’ during a murder conviction appeal ReutersFri 11 Sep 2026 14.04 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleA defense lawyer appealing his client’s murder conviction submitted a legal brief containing made-up police testimony and witnesses fabricated by OpenAI’s ChatGPT, New Mexico’s highest court said.The New Mexico supreme court on Wednesday fined the attorney, Stephen Aarons, and held him in contempt for…
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