New Mexico lawyer fined for using AI-generated brief containing fabricated testimony

Source: www.theguardian.com · Section: business-tech · Bias: Center-Left · Published: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 18:04:05 GMT

Stephen Aarons said he tried to use ChatGPT to create a ‘bulletproof summary’ during a murder conviction appealA 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 failing to verify the accuracy of the court ⁠filing, which Aarons said he prepared with help from the artificial intelligence (AI) application. Continue reading...

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