A defense lawyer in New Mexico admitted to using ChatGPT to generate a legal brief containing fabricated police testimony and invented witnesses during a murder conviction appeal. The state’s supreme court ruled the filing was deceptive and found the attorney in contempt for not verifying its accuracy, despite his claim that the AI tool assisted in its preparation. The case raises concerns about the reliability of AI-generated legal arguments in court proceedings. The court imposed a fine and disciplinary action against the lawyer for the misleading submission.
Stephen Aarons said he tried to use ChatGPT to create a ‘bulletproof summary’ during a murder conviction appealA defense lawyer appealing his client’s murder conviction submitted a legal brief containing made-up police testimony and witnesses fabricated by OpenAI’s ChatGPT, New Mexico’s highest court said.The New Mexico supreme court on Wednesday fined the attorney, Stephen Aarons, and held him in contempt for failing to verify the accuracy of the court filing, which Aarons said he prepared with help from the artificial intelligence (AI) application. Continue reading...
