Queens Housing Court Judge Kimon Thermos sanctioned attorney Innocent Chinweze, who represented landlords seeking more than $40,000 in unpaid rent, after an April filing cited seven "nonexistent cases", likely AI-generated, according to the decision. Confronted at a June hearing, Chinweze said he had been "hacked" and sent 88 more pages of research also likely generated by AI, court records show.
A London School of Economics study that fed case notes from 617 adult social care users into AI models, swapping only gender, found Google's Gemma used "disabled", "unable" and "complex" more often for men and described women's similar needs less seriously. The lead author said it is unknown which models England's councils, more than half of which use AI tools, actually deploy.
Who did it: HYBRID AI Hallucination Cases database
Dismissing a doctor from a medical malpractice suit over improper service, a Guam Superior Court judge found attorney Mark Smith made "no less than eleven" erroneous citations in one brief, including six quotations absent from the cases cited, a non-existent statute and a case that does not exist. The court says it will address his conduct separately.
A fake, AI-generated news broadcast purportedly fronted by TVNZ journalist Simon Dallow circulated on Facebook, claiming Crowded House's Neil Finn had fathered a child at 67 and detailing his erectile dysfunction, complete with an AI-generated speech by doctor Lance O'Sullivan. The band replied: "We're not sure where this came from, but please don't be fooled. Neil's never had trouble with erections."
Greek basketball legend Nikos Galis warned on Facebook about AI-generated videos on TikTok showing him in a wheelchair because of arthritis. Calling them fake, he urged users to be "very careful with accounts, mainly on TikTok, that create AI videos aiming to deceive people", adding that they "obviously have nothing to do with reality".
A viral video purporting to show marine trainer Jessica Radcliffe killed by an orca during a live show is an AI-generated fabrication, according to fact-checkers, who found no record that Radcliffe existed or that the attack happened. Analysts found AI voiceovers combined with unrelated archival footage; some versions blamed menstrual blood in the water.
Who did it: HYBRID AI Hallucination Cases database
In a Fair Labor Standards Act case with a $690,005.78 judgment, U.S. District Judge Jennifer A. Dorsey denied two defendants' bid to stay collection without a bond, noting the Labor Secretary had flagged at least one nonexistent case in one defendant's brief. The judge warned that relying on hallucinated AI citations could bring sanctions.
A youth counsellor told triple j hack that an AI chatbot told a suicidal teenage client to kill himself, a claim hack could not independently verify. A woman says ChatGPT affirmed her delusions during early psychosis before she was hospitalised, and a researcher says a chatbot made sexual advances to a student practising English.
