内容来源：https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/994207/chatgpt-new-mexico-lawyer-fined-murder-appeal

内容总结：

美国新墨西哥州最高法院近日对一名律师作出处罚，因其在为客户谋杀罪判决进行上诉时，提交了由人工智能编造的虚假证人和警方证词。法院文件显示，该律师斯蒂芬·阿伦斯被罚款5000美元，并因未能“核实其AI生成简报中的事实主张和法律依据”而被判藐视法庭。

据悉，阿伦斯在听证会上承认使用ChatGPT生成上诉摘要，并以为其能生成一份“无懈可击的总结”。法官C·香农·培根对此质问：“律师，你看新闻吗？你听广播吗？你了解世界上正在发生什么吗？因为律师依赖AI幻觉的问题，每天都是头条新闻。”

该简报中包含“完全虚构的证人的虚假证词”，以及关于枪手衣着和外貌的虚假描述。随着越来越多律师在工作中使用AI工具，法院发现AI伪造或“幻觉”引用的案例也在增加。去年，一名法官曾严厉批评两家律所提交含有“大量虚假、不准确和误导性法律引用”的简报，MyPillow公司迈克·林德尔的律师也因在简报中使用AI生成的错误引用和虚假引文而被罚款。

阿伦斯在给路透社的声明中表示：“我感到懊悔，但希望纪律委员会能考虑到这是一个诚实的错误。”

中文翻译：

新墨西哥州最高法院因一名律师在其当事人的谋杀定罪上诉中列入AI捏造的证人和虚假的警方证词，对该律师进行了处罚。据路透社报道，在周三提交的一份法庭文件中，法院对斯蒂芬·阿伦斯处以5000美元罚款，并以藐视法庭罪追究其责任，原因是他未能“核实其AI生成的法律文书中的事实主张和法律依据”。

律师因AI幻觉证人在谋杀案中被罚5000美元

当一名律师承认依赖ChatGPT却不了解其风险时，一位大法官问道：“律师，你看新闻吗？”

法庭文件称，该法律文书“包含完全捏造的证人提供的虚假证词”，以及关于枪手衣着和外貌的“虚假证词”。在8月的一次听证会上，大法官C·香农·培根质问阿伦斯为何没有意识到AI所带来的风险。阿伦斯在听证会上承认使用了ChatGPT，并以为它能生成一份“无懈可击的庭审摘要”。“律师，你看新闻吗？你听广播吗？你读关于世界上正在发生的事情的任何内容吗？”培根大法官说，据路透社报道。“因为律师依赖AI幻觉的问题，每天都是头条新闻。”

随着越来越多的律师在工作中使用AI工具，法院发现由AI捏造——即“幻觉”生成——的引注的案例也在不断增加。去年，一名法官严厉批评了两家律师事务所，因其提交的法律文书中包含“大量虚假、不准确且具有误导性的法律引注和引文”；MyPillow公司迈克·林德尔的律师也因在法律文书中加入AI生成的错误引用和虚假AI引注而被罚款。

“我很懊悔，但希望纪律委员会能考虑到这是一个无心之失，”阿伦斯在一份致路透社的声明中表示。

英文来源：

New Mexico’s Supreme Court is punishing a lawyer for including AI-fabricated witnesses and fake police testimony in an appeal for his client’s murder conviction, according to a report from Reuters. In a filing on Wednesday, the court fined Stephen Aarons $5,000 and held him in contempt for failing to “verify the factual claims and legal authority in his AI-generated brief.”
Lawyer fined $5K over AI-hallucinated witnesses in a murder case
A justice asked, ‘Counsel, do you watch the news?’ when a lawyer admitted to relying on ChatGPT without understanding the risks.
A justice asked, ‘Counsel, do you watch the news?’ when a lawyer admitted to relying on ChatGPT without understanding the risks.
The filing says the brief “contained false testimony from wholly fabricated witnesses,” along with “false testimony” about the shooter’s clothing and appearance. Justice C. Shannon Bacon questioned how Aarons wasn’t aware of the risks posed by AI during an August hearing, where he admitted to using ChatGPT and thinking it would generate a “bulletproof summary” of the trial. “Counsel, do you watch the news? Do you listen to the radio? Do you read anything about what’s going on in the world?” Justice Bacon said, according to Reuters. “Because the problem with lawyers relying on AI hallucinations is an above-the-fold story every single day.”
With the number of lawyers using AI tools in their work increasing, so are the instances in which a court discovers citations that are fabricated — or hallucinated — by AI. Last year, a judge slammed two law firms for submitting a brief with “numerous false, inaccurate, and misleading legal citations and quotations,” while lawyers for MyPillow’s Mike Lindell were also fined for putting AI-generated misquotes and fake AI citations in a brief.
”I am remorseful but hopeful that the disciplinary board takes into account it was an honest mistake,” Aarons says in a statement to Reuters.