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  "title": "ChatGPT invented fake police testimony in murder appeal, New Mexico high court says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/chatgpt-invented-fake-police-testimony-in-murder-appeal-new-mexico",
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  "published": "2026-09-11T12:08:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Channel News Asia",
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  "account": "The New Mexico Supreme Court has fined defense attorney Stephen Aarons $5,000 and held him in contempt for submitting a brief to a murder appeal that included fabricated police testimony and witnesses created by OpenAI's ChatGPT. Aarons claimed he prepared the filing with assistance from the AI program, but the court found that it contained \"false testimony from wholly fabricated witnesses\" and demonstrated a \"lack of remorse and a lack of concern for his client.\" The justices expressed incredulity that Aarons was unaware of how AI can make mistakes, emphasizing that \"the problem with lawyers relying on AI hallucinations is an above-the-fold story every single day.\"",
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        "title": "New Mexico court held a lawyer in contempt for using ChatGPT to fake testimony in a murder appeal",
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        "title": "ChatGPT Wrote Fake Police Testimony In Murder Trial, Lawyer Fined $5,000",
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        "outlet": "Times of India",
        "title": "Mumbai mall entry case: Man used ChatGPT to create fake PMO docs, police tell court",
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        "outlet": "Economic Times Tech",
        "title": "ChatGPT invented fake police testimony in murder appeal, New Mexico high court says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/chatgpt-invented-fake-police-testimony-in-murder-appeal-new-mexico-6779001",
        "published": "2026-09-11T17:09:35.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Jerusalem Post",
        "title": "ChatGPT invented fake police testimony in murder appeal, New Mexico high court says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/chatgpt-invented-fake-police-testimony-in-murder-appeal-new-mexico-6794473",
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