Lawyer uses ChatGPT, cites fake witnesses in murder appeal

lawyer stephen d. aarons used chatgpt to generate briefs for a murder appeal case, including fake testimony from nonexistent witnesses like danny stanton and linda stanton. when caught by judges, aarons attributed the mistake to his own 'stupidity' and claimed he had assumed chatgpt would produce a 'bulletproof summary of proceedings'. aarons represents a man serving life in prison for killing his wife, and has not yet informed his client of the error. this case illustrates the ongoing problem of lawyers submitting ai-generated errors to courts.