New Mexico Supreme Court fines lawyer for ChatGPT-generated fake evidence

The Supreme Court of New Mexico fined attorney Stephen Aaronson $5,000 and found him guilty of contempt of court. Fabricated police testimonies and evidence generated by ChatGPT were included in an appeal in a murder case. Aaronson claimed he used the neural network to summarize trial materials and did not realize it could invent facts. The court noted he failed to verify the submitted documents and referred the case to the disciplinary board.