Lawyer Cites ChatGPT-Invented Fake Witnesses in Murder Appeal
lulzxdxdxd · reddit · 2026-10-13
404 Media reports that New Mexico attorney Stephen Aarons cited witness testimony invented by ChatGPT in a murder appeal, submitting AI-hallucinated "witness statements" as if they were real. The case is another stark example of AI hallucination risks in legal proceedings and of practitioners failing to verify ChatGPT output.
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