AI Incident Database: Norwegian Supreme Court Receives Legal Filing with Fabricated Citations Allegedly Generated by AI Tool
In early 2025, Norway’s Supreme Court (Høyesterett) received a legal filing containing hallucinated legal citations and quotes, allegedly inserted by an attorney using an AI tool without verification. The fabricated sources were detected during standard review. While no sanctions were issued, the Court updated its guidance to lawyers, warning that AI use does not exempt them from professional responsibility.
AI Incident Database · Incident 1027Operator lens (medium): inspect D2 (output validation), D6 (autonomy oversight).
Event summary
In early 2025, Norway’s Supreme Court (Høyesterett) received a legal filing containing hallucinated legal citations and quotes, allegedly inserted by an attorney using an AI tool without verification. The fabricated sources were detected during standard review. While no sanctions were issued, the Court updated its guidance to lawyers, warning that AI use does not exempt them from professional responsibility.
Linked entities
- unspecified-generative-ai-developer
organisation | 70%
- unnamed-norwegian-lawyer
organisation | 70%
- supreme-court-of-norway
organisation | 70%
- hoyesterett
organisation | 70%
- unnamed-clients-represented-by-unnamed-norwegian-lawyer
organisation | 70%
- legal-integrity
organisation | 70%
Related graph edges
| Edge | Type | Confidence |
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| ent-aiid-unspecified-generative-ai-developer to ent-psf-d2 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-unspecified-generative-ai-developer to ent-psf-d2 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-unspecified-generative-ai-developer to ent-psf-d2 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-unspecified-generative-ai-developer to ent-psf-d6 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-unspecified-generative-ai-developer to ent-psf-d6 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-unspecified-generative-ai-developer to ent-psf-d6 | maps to | 60% |