LLMMedium
Google Bard Allegedly Generated Fake Legal Citations in Michael Cohen Case
- Occurred
- Dec 12, 2023
- Published
- Mar 20, 2024
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
Michael Cohen, former lawyer for Donald Trump, claims to have used Google Bard, an AI chatbot, to generate legal case citations. These false citations were unknowingly included in a court motion by Cohen's attorney, David M. Schwartz. The AI's misuse highlights emerging risks in legal technology, as AI-generated content increasingly infiltrates professional domains.
Developers
- Google Bard
Deployers
- Michael Cohen
- David M. Schwartz
Harmed parties
- Michael Cohen
- David M. Schwartz
Tags
- response
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: Google Bard, an LLM, generated fake legal citations causing professional misconduct risks.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8