Lawyer Unknowingly Includes AI-Generated Fake Citations from Client Michael Cohen in Court Filing; Judge Declines Sanctions
• Michael Cohen gave his lawyer fake legal citations from AI system Google Bard for a court motion
• Cohen's lawyer unknowingly included the fake citations in the motion filed to a federal judge
• The judge said the incident was unfortunate but accepted Cohen did not understand how Google Bard worked
• The judge declined to impose sanctions on Cohen, saying he likely did not intend to mislead his lawyer
• The issue arose amid Cohen’s request for early end to court supervision following his cooperation in Trump investigations