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A lawyer in Santa Cruz de Tenerife was fined €420 by the Superior Court of Justice of the Canary Islands for submitting an appeal containing 48 fabricated legal citations generated by a general-purpose AI tool. The lawyer failed to verify the AI's outputs, breaching legal and ethical duties and prompting disciplinary proceedings.[AI generated]
Why's our monitor labelling this an incident or hazard?
The event clearly involves the use of an AI system (a generalist AI tool) whose outputs (false legal citations) were used by a lawyer in a legal proceeding. This led to a direct harm: violation of legal and ethical duties, abuse of the justice system, and potential undermining of judicial processes. The AI system's malfunction or misuse (lack of verification of AI-generated content) directly contributed to this harm. Hence, it meets the criteria for an AI Incident as the AI system's use directly led to a breach of legal and professional standards.[AI generated]