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  "id": 6765149,
  "title": "New Mexico court held a lawyer in contempt for using ChatGPT to fake testimony in a murder appeal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/new-mexico-court-held-a-lawyer-in-contempt-for-using-chatgpt-to-fake",
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  "published": "2026-09-11T13:40:28.000Z",
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  "summary": "The New Mexico Supreme Court said Stephen Aarons submitted a brief containing invented witness statements and wholly fabricated witnesses in a murder case",
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      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "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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        "outlet": "Hindustan Times",
        "title": "Mumbai man used ChatGPT to fake PMO ID ‘to boost social standing’, police tell court",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/mumbai-man-used-chatgpt-to-fake-pmo-id-to-boost-social-standing",
        "published": "2026-09-11T12:11:02.000Z"
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        "outlet": "NDTV",
        "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",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/mumbai-mall-entry-case-man-used-chatgpt-to-create-fake-pmo-docs",
        "published": "2026-09-11T14:34:11.000Z"
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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"
      },
      {
        "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",
        "published": "2026-09-11T20:35:11.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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