In this, Goddard appears to be caught in the same predicament the AI boom has created for many of us. “I’m not going to be the judge that cites hallucinated cases and orders,” Goddard says. “It’s really embarrassing, very professionally embarrassing.”Still, some judges don’t want to get left behind in the AI age. In June, a Georgia appellate court judge issued an order that relied partially on made-up cases submitted by one of the parties, a mistake that went uncaught. Getting help with a first draft from an AI undermines that purpose.