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Lawyer Fined $5K for AI-Hallucinated Witnesses in Murder Appeal

New Mexico's Supreme Court fines attorney Stephen Aarons $5,000 and holds him in contempt for submitting fabricated witness testimony generated by artificial intelligence.

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  • Stephen Aarons
  • New Mexico's Supreme Court