"A California prosecutors' office used artificial intelligence to file a motion in at least one criminal case, which contained errors known as hallucinations. A prosecutor at the Nevada county district attorney's office in northern California recently used artificial intelligence in preparing a filing, which resulted in an inaccurate citation, district attorney Jesse Wilson said in a statement to the Sacramento Bee. Once the error was discovered, the filing was immediately withdrawn."
"In October, lawyers for Kyle Kjoller filed a motion with the third district court of appeal, calling for prosecutors to be subjected to sanctions over a number of errors in the prosecution's filings in Kjoller's case. Kjoller is being represented by a public defender and the non-profit Civil Rights Corps. The appeals court denied the sanction request without explanation. Then, Kjoller's lawyers identified similar errors in a filing by the prosecutors' office in another case."
A California prosecutors' office used artificial intelligence to prepare at least one criminal filing that contained errors known as hallucinations, leading to a withdrawn motion after an inaccurate citation was discovered. Defense and civil rights attorneys allege similar AI-generated errors appear in other prosecutors' filings. In October, lawyers for Kyle Kjoller sought sanctions for multiple errors in prosecution filings; the appeals court denied the request. Kjoller's team later petitioned the California Supreme Court, identifying three cases with generative-AI-typical errors such as nonexistent quotations and misinterpreted rulings. A coalition of 22 scholars, lawyers and advocates filed a brief supporting Kjoller's petition. Prosecutorial reliance on inaccurate authority raises ethical and due-process concerns.
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