Attorney in Fletcher v. Experian Information Solutions, Inc. Reportedly Submitted Reply Brief with Purportedly AI-Generated Material Misrepresentations
Description
In Fletcher v. Experian Information Solutions, Inc., the Fifth Circuit found that attorney Heather Hersh had used generative AI to draft a substantial portion of a reply brief that contained fabricated legal support and factual representations. The court first issued a show-cause order and later imposed a $2,500 sanction, linking the filing errors to unverified AI-generated output.
Actors
Alleged Deployers
- heather-hersh
Alleged Developers
- large-language-model-developers
Harmed Parties
- united-states-court-of-appeals-for-the-fifth-circuit
- judicial-integrity
- james-fletcher
- experian-information-solutions-inc.
- epistemic-integrity
Classification
Risk Domain
MisinformationRisk Subdomain
3.1. False or misleading information
MIT Risk Profile
Source
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