Georgia Court Throws Out Earlier Ruling That Relied on Fake Cases Made Up By AI

The Georgia Court of Appeals has overturned a trial court's order after finding it relied on court cases that do not exist, apparently generated by AI. The appellate court vacated the ruling in a divorce case involving Nimat Shahid's challenge to a divorce order granted to her husband Sufyan Esaam in July 2022.

'We are troubled by the citation of bogus cases in the trial court's order,' the appeals court stated in its decision, which directs the lower court to revisit Shahid's petition. The court noted the errant citations appear to have been 'drafted using generative AI' and were included in an order prepared by attorney Diana Lynch.

Lynch repeated the fabricated citations in her appeals briefs and expanded upon them after Shahid had challenged the fictitious cases. The appeals court found Lynch's briefs contained '11 bogus case citations out of 15 total, one of which was in support of a frivolous request for attorney fees.' The court fined Lynch $2,500 for filing the frivolous motion.

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