Judges Go Easy on Non-Lawyers’ AI Mistakes: New York Brief

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Judges Go Easy on Non-Lawyers’ AI Errors

The New York State courts are dealing with an influx of case documents riddled with fake AI-generated cases from attorneys and pro se litigants — but they’re not levying big fines on non-lawyers who submit faulty filings, my colleague Beth Wang reports.

Over the past year, judges in at least 13 cases have had to address with sanctions or warnings the inclusion of fake case citations, ...