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Criminal

Nov. 24, 2025

Legal scholars warn AI hallucinations threaten criminal justice system

A group of prominent law professors has asked the state high court to probe a Nevada County prosecutor's alleged use of AI-generated citations, saying such errors pose grave risks to defendants and the integrity of judicial decisions.

Sounding a fresh alarm over a new threat--that artificial intelligence hallucinations could infect the criminal justice system--legal scholars on Friday asked the state Supreme Court for help.

Prominent law professors and scientists wrote to urge the justices to examine the first known allegation of a prosecutor submitting pleadings with bogus cites that appear to have been generated by artificial intelligence.

The issue arose in a habeas corpus proceeding out of Nevada C...

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