Dear DEA: A.I. appears to be on acid. You might want to look into this. Best, Retiring Guy

 

Illustration:  Hi Tech Nectar

Headline:  New York Times, 4/21/2026

Santul Nerkar reports:

An elite Wall Street law firm has apologized to a federal judge for submitting a court filing replete with errors created by artificial intelligence, including “hallucinations” that fabricated case citations. 

The A.I.-generated errors came in a recent motion in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan and were discovered by lawyers from an opposing firm, Andrew Dietderich, a partner at Sullivan & Cromwell, wrote in a letter to Judge Martin Glenn on April 18. 

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The hallucinations filed by Sullivan & Cromwell came about in a case involving the Prince Group, a Cambodian conglomerate whose founder, Chen Zhi, was indicted in Federal District Court in Brooklyn last year on charges that he operated a global scam operation.

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