Filing contained errors known as ‘hallucinations’, with attorneys arguing prosecutors’ office used AI in other cases
A California prosecutors’ office used artificial intelligence to file a motion in at least one criminal case, which contained errors known as “hallucinations”.
A prosecutor at the Nevada county district attorney’s office in northern California “recently used artificial intelligence in preparing a filing, which resulted in an inaccurate citation,” district attorney Jesse Wilson said in a statement to the Sacramento Bee. “Once the error was discovered, the filing was immediately withdrawn.”
Defense and civil rights attorneys argue the prosecutors’ office used artificial intelligence in other criminal court filings.
In October, lawyers for Kyle Kjoller filed a motion with the third district court of appeal, calling for prosecutors to be subjected to sanctions over a number of errors in the prosecution’s filings in Kjoller’s case. Kjoller is being represented by a public defender and the non-profit Civil Rights Corps.
