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New Mexico high court says ChatGPT invented police testimony in murder appeal, Economic Times reports

The Economic Times reports that the New Mexico Supreme Court fined attorney Stephen Aarons and held him in contempt for failing to verify a filing he said he prepared with AI help.

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The Economic Times reports that New Mexico’s high court said ChatGPT invented fake police testimony in a murder appeal. According to the report, the court fined attorney Stephen Aarons and held him in contempt for failing to verify the filing’s accuracy. Aarons said he prepared it with help from the AI program.

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@EconomicTimesChatGPT invented fake police testimony in murder appeal, New Mexico high court says https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/chatgpt-invented-fake-police-testimony-in-murder-appeal-new-mexico-high-court-says/articleshow/134080805.cms
@arstechnicaChatGPT-using lawyer punished for citing fake testimony from made-up witnesses https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/09/chatgpt-using-lawyer-punished-for-citing-fake-testimony-from-made-up-witnesses/?utm_campaign=dhtwitter&utm_content=%3Cmedia_url%3E&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
@vergeA justice asked, ‘Counsel, do you watch the news?’ when a lawyer admitted to relying on ChatGPT without understanding the risks. https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/994207/chatgpt-new-mexico-lawyer-fined-murder-appeal
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    @EconomicTimesChatGPT invented fake police testimony in murder appeal, New Mexico high court says https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/chatgpt-invented-fake-police-testimony-in-murder-appeal-new-mexico-high-court-says/articleshow/134080805.cms
    @arstechnicaChatGPT-using lawyer punished for citing fake testimony from made-up witnesses https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/09/chatgpt-using-lawyer-punished-for-citing-fake-testimony-from-made-up-witnesses/?utm_campaign=dhtwitter&utm_content=%3Cmedia_url%3E&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    @vergeA justice asked, ‘Counsel, do you watch the news?’ when a lawyer admitted to relying on ChatGPT without understanding the risks. https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/994207/chatgpt-new-mexico-lawyer-fined-murder-appeal
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