'Grave Errors': 5th Circ. Boots Judge After AI 'Botch Job'

By Jeff Overley ( October 22, 2026, 11:44 PM EDT) -- A Mississippi federal judge's careless use of artificial intelligence tools led to "sloppy edicts" riddled with "falsehoods and fabrications," the Fifth Circuit held in a Thursday night opinion removing the judge from litigation over an anti-DEI law in the Magnolia State because of his "extraordinarily grave errors."...

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