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Lawyers know AI can hallucinate. They keep citing fake AI cases anyway.

Scientific American · scientificamerican.com

Explains the psychology of why smart professionals keep falling for confident nonsense.

The question it answers

  1. Where is AI legal help dangerous, what still needs a human lawyer?

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  1. The definitive peer-reviewed study: even Westlaw and Lexis AI hallucinate, general chatbots far worse. hai.stanford.edu Article AI on Trial: Legal Models Hallucinate in 1 out of 6 (or More) Benchmarking Queries Stanford HAI / RegLab
  2. A live database of 1,300+ court cases involving AI-fabricated content, sobering to browse before trusting a citation. damiencharlotin.com Tool AI Hallucination Cases Database Damien Charlotin
  3. A law firm's full-year audit of who got sanctioned for what, the taxonomy of AI legal failure. sternekessler.com Article AI Hallucinations in Court Filings and Orders: A 2025 Review of Sanctions Sterne Kessler
  4. Shows how judges now actively hunt for AI tells, raising the cost of careless AI use in anything filed. news.bloomberglaw.com Article AI-Faked Cases Become Core Issue Irritating Overworked Judges Bloomberg Law
  5. Even OpenAI's own product tells you to verify, with the fines ($5,000 to $15,500) to prove why. cronkitenews.azpbs.org Article As more lawyers fall for AI hallucinations, ChatGPT says: Check my work Cronkite News
  6. Legal tech's most trusted chronicler documenting the pattern case by case. lawnext.com Article AI Hallucinations Strike Again: Two More Cases of Judicial Wrath for Fake Citations Bob Ambrogi, LawSites
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