There needs to be a rule that anyone who does this should be immediately disbarred
this post was submitted on 05 Oct 2026
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I mean. He should be imprisoned, no? Does perjury not apply to the lawyers too?
As far as I'm aware perjury can only be committed by someone under oath. And lawyers are not placed under oath. But I agree, the penalty for this shit should be a lot harsher than it's been so far.
Imprison ChatGPT
It seems whatever actions courts are taking, it's not enough if it keeps happening.
Aarons was sanctioned $5,000
How much do lawyers charge to defend a murder charge? I'm guessing a lot more than that.
“It's little comfort to know that my stupidity is what brings us together this afternoon,” New Mexico attorney Stephen D. Aarons said in a hearing last month before five judges. He “assumed” ChatGPT would generate a “bulletproof summary of proceedings.” Instead, ChatGPT generated false testimony from “wholly fabricated witnesses,” according to an order of direct contempt from the New Mexico Supreme Court.
Aarons’ reasoning for trusting ChatGPT, he said in the August hearing, was that he’d heard of doctors using AI for medical research.
I had to check the date of the article to make sure it was recent. How a lawyer hasn't heard of the several times other lawyers have had issues with ChatGPT I have no idea. There's no way this guy didn't perjure himself be feigning ignorance. I feel like the bar needs to send out a written notice requiring some kind of acknowledgment to all lawyers so they can no longer claim ignorance if this happens to them.
You can claim ignorance for breaking the law?
Yeah I heard of a case like this at least a year ago. I was wondering if we were reposting an old article, but no. That makes it worse, and explains the judge's reaction.
Some people are smart enough to be a lawyer yet still really fucking stupid.
There are ways that LLMs are being used in science, AND a human mind needs to vet those findings for validity. smh.