Lawyer fined $5K over AI-hallucinated witnesses in a murder case

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New Mexico's Supreme Court is punishing a lawyer for including AI-fabricated witnesses and fake police testimony in an appeal for his client's murder conviction, according to a report from Reuters.

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  • Reported by The Verge and published Fri, 11 Sep 2026 20:44:25 UTC.

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