Jump to contentAllNewsSportCultureLifestyle(AP)The New Mexico Supreme Court held defense attorney Stephen Aarons in contempt and fined him $5,000 for submitting a court filing containing ChatGPT-generated fabricated witness testimony. Aarons used the AI tool to summarize trial transcripts for his client Oscar Renee Sandoval, who was convicted of murder, but failed to verify the accuracy of the generated brief. Justices criticized Aarons for showing a lack of concern for his client and referred him to an attorney disciplinary board for further investigation. Aarons called the incident an honest mistake, admitting he did not fully grasp how AI technology can hallucinate false facts. The case marks an escalation in court sanctions over AI misuse, as the filing contained completely made-up testimony rather than just false legal citations. In fullLawyer’s ChatGPT use backfires as he’s held in contempt over error-ridden court filingMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Lawyer calls ChatGPT errors in court filing ‘an honest mistake’
Jump to contentAllNewsSportCultureLifestyle(AP)The New Mexico Supreme Court held defense attorney Stephen Aarons in contempt and fined him $5,000 for submitting a court filing containing ChatGPT-generated fabricated witness testimony. Aarons used the AI tool to summarize trial transcripts for his client Oscar Renee Sandoval, who was convicted of murder, but failed to verify the accuracy of the generated brief. Justices criticized Aarons for showing a lack of concern for his client and referred him to an attorney disciplinary board for further investigation. Aarons called the incident an honest mistake, admitting he did not fully grasp how AI technology can hallucinate false facts. The case marks an escalation in court sanctions over AI misuse, as the filing contained completely made-up testimony rather than just false legal citations. In fullLawyer’s ChatGPT use backfires as he’s held in contempt over error-ridden court filingMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
New Mexico court fined attorney $5,000 for submitting ChatGPT brief with fabricated testimony, unverified. Escalating liability for AI hallucinations in professional services demands governance protocols for generative AI deployment in compliance-critical roles.
