Sunday, December 24, 2023
This is old news by now, but in case you missed it. Michael Cohen's lawyer was all over the news recently because he made the same mistake as the other lawyers in New York that everyone was talking about a few weeks ago. They used AI to prepare a legal argument - which is not wrong per se - but then they failed to check the finished product - which is. They all neglected to check their work!
Whatever program they used to prepare the work, it generated (or as they now say, "hallucinated") cases that did not exist, complete with made up citations and quotes. Big mistake! The story was picked up by many different sources. Here are just a few:
UPDATE 12-30-23
Several news sources are now reporting that the original mistake of citing "hallucinated" cases was Michael Cohen's and not his lawyer's. Apparently, he supplied the information to the lawyers who then used it. But that does not excuse the work of the lawyers in not checking it, which is the key part of the story. Double check your work!! For the latest, you can check:
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