New Mexico Attorney Sanctioned After ChatGPT Invents Fake Witnesses
A New Mexico lawyer used ChatGPT to generate briefs with fake witnesses for a murder appeal, resulting in direct contempt.
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October 2026
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New Mexico Supreme Court Fines Lawyer $5,000 Over AI-Fabricated Witnesses in Murder Appeal
New Mexico's Supreme Court fined attorney Stephen Aarons $5,000 and held him in contempt for using ChatGPT to generate fake witnesses and police testimony.
