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Lawyer fined $5K over AI-hallucinated witnesses in a murder case

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New Mexico's Supreme Court fined lawyer Stephen Aarons $5,000 and held him in contempt for submitting an AI-generated legal brief containing fabricated witnesses and false testimony in a murder case appeal. Aarons admitted relying on ChatGPT without verifying the facts, prompting criticism from Justice C. Shannon Bacon about the risks of AI hallucinations in legal work. This case highlights growing concerns over AI-generated inaccuracies in legal filings as more lawyers use AI tools.

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