The prosecution used AI, the defense used AI: the judge canceled the trial and fined them

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The article describes a Mississippi court case where both the prosecution and defense used generative AI to draft filings that included fake legal citations. The judge halted the trial, sanctioned the lawyers, and barred two of them from appearing before her court for two years. The piece also connects the incident to a broader pattern of lawyers relying on AI without verifying outputs. It notes that similar cases have already appeared in Spain and highlights the risk of hallucinations in large language models. It also points out that specialized AI tools for lawyers exist, which could appeal to legal software buyers focused on reliability and compliance.

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