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Production AI Institute public record · legal-system · observed 2025-03-04
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legal-system - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.

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Lawyers Rudwin Ayala, T. Michael Morgan (Morgan & Morgan), and Taly Goody (Goody Law Group) were fined a total of $5,000 after their Wyoming federal lawsuit filing against Walmart cited fake cases "hallucinated" by AI. Judge Kelly Rankin sanctioned them, removing Ayala from the case and noting attorneys must verify AI sources. The filing, flagged by Walmart’s legal team, led to its withdrawal and an internal review.

  • Lawyer booted from case after submitting AI-generated bogus briefhttps://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/26/lawyer-rudwin-ayala-booted-case-submitting-ai-generated-bogus-brief/
  • Lawyers in Walmart lawsuit admit AI 'hallucinated' case citationshttps://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/lawyers-walmart-lawsuit-admit-ai-hallucinated-case-citations-2025-02-10/
  • AI Incident Database - Incident 960https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/960/

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  1. 4 Mar 2025Plaintiffs' Lawyers Admit AI Generated Erroneous Case Citations in Federal Court Filing Against Walmart
    Incident82%
    • Lawyer booted from case after submitting AI-generated bogus briefhttps://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/26/lawyer-rudwin-ayala-booted-case-submitting-ai-generated-bogus-brief/
    • Lawyers in Walmart lawsuit admit AI 'hallucinated' case citationshttps://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/lawyers-walmart-lawsuit-admit-ai-hallucinated-case-citations-2025-02-10/
    • AI Incident Database - Incident 960https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/960/
  2. 14 June 2024Study Highlights Persistent Hallucinations in Legal AI Systems
    Incident82%
    • AI on Trial: Legal Models Hallucinate in 1 out of 6 (or More) Benchmarking Querieshttps://hai.stanford.edu/news/ai-trial-legal-models-hallucinate-1-out-6-or-more-benchmarking-queries
    • We asked ChatGPT for legal advice—here are five reasons why you shouldn'thttps://theconversation.com/we-asked-chatgpt-for-legal-advice-here-are-five-reasons-why-you-shouldnt-229147
    • AI Incident Database - Incident 704https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/704/
  3. 26 Dec 2023Colorado Lawyer Filed a Motion Citing Hallucinated ChatGPT Cases
    Incident82%
    • Colorado Springs attorney says ChatGPT created fake cases he cited in court documents | KRDOhttps://krdo.com/news/2023/06/13/colorado-springs-attorney-says-chatgpt-created-fake-cases-he-cited-in-court-documents/
    • A stressed out rookie lawyer says he got fired after he used ChatGPT to do his jobhttps://www.businessinsider.com/young-lawyer-fired-using-chatgpt-job-work-hallucinations-errors-2023-11
    • AI Incident Database - Incident 615https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/615/

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