JUDGE CANCELS TRIAL, FINES LAWYERS FOR AI-GENERATED FAKE CITATIONS
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A federal judge in Mississippi canceled a trial and disqualified lawyers on both sides after discovering their court filings contained fabricated case citations generated by AI.
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