Mar 31, 2026Confirmed
State Farm defense lawyers admit AI-assisted court filings contained fabricated legal authorities
AI loose in the worldMisinformationDERIVED
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In Meni-Siliga v. A's Contractor, Inc., attorneys for State Farm acknowledged AI-assisted motions contained fabricated and inaccurate legal authorities. Attorney Jacquelene Robinson said she used the legal AI tool Irys and did not verify some citations. Opposing counsel found the errors, and the firm apologized and filed corrected versions.
What this means for youAI tools can invent sources that look real, and a professional who files them without checking can mislead a court. If you hire a lawyer or other professional who uses AI, ask how they check its output.
Sources
- AI Incident Databasehttps://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1658
Data from the AI Incident Database (incidentdatabase.ai), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). McGregor, S. (2021) Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents: The AI Incident Database. IAAI-21.
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