Lawyer's AI Blunder in Court
A New York attorney, Michael Fourte, was caught using AI in his court documents, including hallucinated quotes and citations.
“In other words, counsel relied upon unvetted AI — in his telling, via inadequately supervised colleagues — to defend his use of unvetted AI,”
Written by New York Supreme Court judge Joel Cohen, this statement highlights the lawyer's poor response to being caught. Instead of admitting his mistake, Fourte submitted a brief explaining his AI usage, which was also written with a large language model.
- The lawyer initially refused to admit using AI in his court documents.
- The judge was not amused by the lawyer's response.
Author's summary: Lawyer caught using AI in court responds poorly.