Lawyer Sanctioned After AI Generates Fake Witnesses in Murder Appeal

A New Mexico defense attorney’s use of artificial intelligence in a murder appeal has landed him in trouble. The state’s Supreme Court last week held attorney Stephen Aarons in direct contempt of court for submitting a brief with “false testimony from wholly fabricated witnesses,” according to a court order filed Sept. The court referred Aarons to a disciplinary board, finding that he “demonstrated a lack of remorse and a lack of concern for his client,” said the order, cited in a report by A