AI garbage in court submissions is a significant issue. Two US court decisions have been exposed, with an intern being blamed by a caught judge.
Generative artificial intelligence is prone to "hallucinations", often going unnoticed when the result pleases the user. However, fabricated claims, studies, quotes, or precedents by AI are increasingly finding their way into court submissions, leading to parties representing themselves multiple times and lawyers being punished.
In the USA, two cases of AI-contaminated judgments have been exposed, involving US federal district judges Henry Wingate and Julien Neals. The responsible judges take no personal responsibility.
AI garbage in court submissions is a plague.
Author's summary: AI garbage exposed in US court judgments.