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New Mexico’s Supreme Court fined attorney Stephen Aarons $5…

…000 and held him in contempt for submitting an appeal containing fabricated witnesses and fake police testimony generated by ChatGPT. The ruling establishes a clear legal precedent that attorneys remain fully responsible for verifying AI-generated claims before filing them. It signals increasing judicial scrutiny of AI reliance in legal proceedings.

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New Mexico’s Supreme Court fined attorney Stephen Aarons $5,000 and held him in contempt for submitting an appeal containing fabricated witnesses and fake police testimony generated by ChatGPT. The ruling establishes a clear legal precedent that attorneys remain fully responsible for verifying AI-generated claims before filing them. It signals increasing judicial scrutiny of AI reliance in legal proceedings.