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Lawyer fined for using ChatGPT to fabricate court testimony

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A defense lawyer in New Mexico has been fined and held in contempt by the state's Supreme Court for submitting a legal brief that included fabricated police testimony and witnesses generated by OpenAI's ChatGPT. The lawyer, Stephen Aarons, admitted to using the AI tool to help prepare the filing for a murder conviction appeal. The court cited Aarons' failure to verify the accuracy of the AI-generated content as the reason for its disciplinary action. AI

IMPACT Highlights the risks of AI-generated misinformation in legal and professional contexts, emphasizing the need for human verification.

RANK_REASON A lawyer used an AI tool (ChatGPT) to generate fabricated content for a legal filing, leading to disciplinary action.

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Lawyer fined for using ChatGPT to fabricate court testimony

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    "A defense lawyer appealing his client’s murder conviction submitted a brief containing made-up police testimony and witnesses fabricated by OpenAI’s ChatGPT, N

    "A defense lawyer appealing his client’s murder conviction submitted a brief containing made-up police testimony and witnesses fabricated by OpenAI’s ChatGPT, New Mexico’s highest court has said. The New Mexico Supreme Court in the United States on Wednesday fined the lawyer, Ste…

    LINKS aljazeera.com/…/us-lawyer-cites-fake-witn…

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