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  "title": "ChatGPT Wrote Fake Police Testimony In Murder Trial, Lawyer Fined $5,000",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/chatgpt-wrote-fake-police-testimony-in-murder-trial-lawyer-fined-5-000",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-11T14:28:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "NDTV",
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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",
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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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        "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"
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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",
        "published": "2026-09-11T20:35:11.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "US lawyer cites fake witnesses in murder case, blames ChatGPT",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/us-lawyer-cites-fake-witnesses-in-murder-case-blames-chatgpt",
        "published": "2026-09-11T20:42:05.000Z"
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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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