Michael Cohen Cites Fake AI-Generated Legal Cases in Supervision Bid
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Michael Cohen admitted he unknowingly cited AI-generated fake legal cases from Google Bard when submitting a motion to end his court supervision.
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Cohen blamed his lawyer, David M. Schwartz, for not verifying the citations before submitting them. Schwartz said he thought they were reviewed by another lawyer on the team.
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This is the second time this year a federal judge in Manhattan has dealt with fake AI-generated citations. Two other lawyers were fined.
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The fake citations were part of arguments to bring an early end to supervision after Cohen served over a year for crimes including tax evasion and campaign finance violations.
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Cohen arranged hush money payments to a porn star and Playboy model during the 2016 election to buy their silence about alleged affairs with Trump, who denies the affairs.