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When Your AI Hallucinates a Legal Citation in Court
Episode 82 of AI Ethics with Fexingo dives into one of the most dangerous failure modes of generative AI: hallucinating fake legal citations in court filings. Lucas and Luna examine two real cases from early 2026 where attorneys submitted AI-drafted briefs citing nonexistent cases—one in federal court in New York, another in a UK tribunal. They unpack why large language models fabricate sources, the attorney's professional responsibility gap, and why the term 'hallucination' itself is misleading. The hosts also discuss reforms proposed by the American Bar Association's AI task force…
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