USA v. Cohen

  1. March 20, 2024

    Michael Cohen, Atty Avoid Sanctions For AI-Generated Cites

    A New York federal judge on Wednesday declined to sanction Michael Cohen or his attorney for providing fictional cases generated by Google's artificial intelligence service to support a motion in Cohen's criminal case, finding that the citations were "embarrassing and certainly negligent" but not the product of bad faith.

  2. December 12, 2023

    Another AI Snafu? Cohen Judge Questions Nonexistent Cases

    A New York federal judge on Tuesday ordered one of Michael Cohen's attorneys to provide copies of three apparently fictional cases cited in a recent motion, in an incident appearing to echo other instances in which attorneys have been tripped up by the tendency of artificial intelligence to "hallucinate" legal citations.

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