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New Mexico Supreme Court Fines Lawyer Over ChatGPT-Generated Fabrications in Murder Appeal
The court said the filing included fabricated witness testimony and false details, and it referred the attorney to disciplinary proceedings.
- On Wednesday, the New Mexico Supreme Court fined attorney Stephen Aarons $5,000 and held him in contempt for submitting an appellate brief containing police testimony and witnesses fabricated by OpenAI's ChatGPT.
- Aarons, representing Oscar Renee Sandoval in a murder appeal, used ChatGPT to summarize trial proceedings last year, seeking what he believed would be a 'bulletproof summary' for his filing.
- According to the court, the brief contained 'false testimony from wholly fabricated witnesses,' including 'fictional statements that the shooter was wearing dark pants and a white shirt,' which Aarons failed to verify.
- Supreme Court Justice C. Shannon Bacon expressed disbelief that Aarons was unaware of AI's tendency to generate false information, while the court referred him to an attorney disciplinary board for investigation.
- The case joins a growing number where judges have disciplined lawyers for submitting unvetted AI documents. Aarons stated he is 'remorseful but hopeful that the disciplinary board takes into account it was an honest mistake.
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Taking AI too far? New Mexico Supreme Court fines lawyer $5,000 for presenting ‘fake testimony’, ChatGPT-generated brief
New Mexico Supreme Court fined a defence lawyer $5,000 for submitting a brief containing ‘fake police testimony’ and ‘fabricated witness statements’ generated by OpenAI's ChatGPT.
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A lawyer in the US is ordered to pay a fine for filing an appeal with fabricated police and non-existent witness testimonies, which were “invented” by ChatGPT. The post USA: Lawyer filed an appeal with witness testimonies invented by ChatGPT appeared first on in.gr.
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