New Mexico Supreme Court finds attorney in contempt of court for use of AI in murder case

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – A prominent New Mexico attorney is in the hot seat after using AI to write a legal brief that made it into the court record, filled with errors. An appeal in a murder case with made-up witnesses and testimony. That’s why attorney Stephen Aarons is facing harsh scrutiny, admitting to the New Mexico Supreme Court that he “assumed” ChatGPT would generate a “bulletproof summary of proceedings”. “It’s of little comfort to know that my stupidity is what brings us together this afternoon,” said Aarons, as he started his arguments before the New Mexico Supreme Court. In...