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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Ria Pathak

Mike Lindell's Attorneys Sanctioned for Using AI in Court Filings — How Did the Judge Find Out?

The rise of AI has triggered a significant cheating crisis in U.S. schools, pushing them back to traditional pen-and-paper assessments. (Credit: Pexels)

A federal judge has fined two attorneys representing MyPillow founder Mike Lindell after they submitted court documents riddled with errors, which were generated with the help of artificial intelligence (AI).

The filing included fake case citations and misquotations, prompting the court to ask a direct question: Was AI involved? What followed was a rare courtroom exchange that lifted the lid on how generative tools are quietly being used in high-stakes litigation and how, in this case, it backfired.

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