The latest AI law blunder comes from the Maryland appellate court, where a family lawyer representing a mother in a custody battle was caught filing court briefs cooked up with ChatGPT. The Daily Record, which publishes summaries of Maryland court opinions, reported that the mother’s lawyer submitted a complaint for divorce gushing with AI hallucinated legal citations which made it into the court record. The filing also contained existing legal citations which contradicted the arguments made in the brief. Instead, he relied on his law clerk, a non-lawyer, who also clearly did not read the cases, which were fictitious,” the judge scathed. More on ChatGPT: Judge Gives Humiliating Punishment to Lawyers Caught Using AI in Court