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Field Note: Even Biglaw Gets The AI Hallucination Blues
Even elite firms can get burned by AI hallucinations. In this field note, Ron Drescher breaks down the recent Sullivan & Cromwell filing controversy, where an emergency brief reportedly contained multiple citation and quotation errors that opposing counsel exposed first. The lesson is not that one firm slipped—it’s that polished AI output can create false confidence in any lawyer, especially when they're under severe deadline pressure.
Ron connects the story to his earlier Confession of an AI Hallucinator episode (where he confessed to sending out a memo containing hallucinated cases) and…
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