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Lawyer fined $5K over AI-hallucinated witnesses in a murder case

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New Mexico's Supreme Court is punishing a lawyer for including AI-fabricated witnesses and fake police testimony in an appeal for his client's murder conviction, according to a report from Reuters. State supreme court fined the attorney and held him in contempt for not verifying facts in a court filing. Key points and original sources are listed below.

  • New Mexico's Supreme Court is punishing a lawyer for including AI-fabricated witnesses and fake police testimony in an appeal for his client's murder conviction, according to a report from Reuters. In a filing on Wednesday, the court fined Stephen Aarons $5,00...S1
  • State supreme court fined the attorney and held him in contempt for not verifying facts in a court filing.S2
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1d Theverge

Lawyer fined $5K over AI-hallucinated witnesses in a murder case

New Mexico's Supreme Court is punishing a lawyer for including AI-fabricated witnesses and fake police testimony in an appeal for his client's murder conviction, according to a rep…

1d Al Jazeera

US lawyer cites fake witnesses in murder case, blames ChatGPT

State supreme court fined the attorney and held him in contempt for not verifying facts in a court filing.

Lawyer fined $5K over AI-hallucinated witnesses in a murder case

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The brief

New Mexico's Supreme Court is punishing a lawyer for including AI-fabricated witnesses and fake police testimony in an appeal for his client's murder conviction, according to a report from Reuters. State supreme court fined the attorney and held him in contempt for not verifying facts in a court filing. Key points and original sources are listed below.

  • New Mexico's Supreme Court is punishing a lawyer for including AI-fabricated witnesses and fake police testimony in an appeal for his client's murder conviction, according to a report from Reuters. In a filing on Wednesday, the court fined Stephen Aarons $5,00...S1
  • State supreme court fined the attorney and held him in contempt for not verifying facts in a court filing.S2
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S1 Theverge 1 report · EN
S2 Al JazeeraLead 1 report · EN