Court Fury Arises When Attorneys On Both Sides Of Legal Cases Simultaneously Rely On AI Hallucinations

InnovationAICourt Fury Arises When Attorneys On Both Sides Of Legal Cases Simultaneously Rely On AI HallucinationsByLance Eliot,Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a world-renowned AI scientist and consultant.Follow AuthorJun 12, 2026, 03:15am EDTCourts are getting fed up with AI hallucinations, including the latest involving both sides of a case.gettyIn today’s column, I examine the intriguing and beguiling situation whereby AI hallucinations are utilized and relied upon by attorneys on both sides of a court case. This is rare, but will arise on an increasing basis due to attorneys continuing to improperly make use of AI for generating aspects of their legal briefs and failing to double-check their work.The question at hand is what should happen if both sides of a case commit the same type of faulty professional efforts involving AI hallucinations at the same time?Let’s talk about it.This analysis of AI breakthroughs is part of my ongoing Forbes column coverage on the latest in AI, including identifying and explaining various impactful AI complexities (see the link here). Use Of AI Hallucinations In Court CasesAs readers well know, I’ve been extensively covering and analyzing a myriad of facets regarding the intersection of AI and the law for many years. You can find my writings not only in my Forbes column but also as posted in Bloomberg Law, ABA Law Journal, The National Jurist, The Global Legal Post, Lawyer Monthly, The Legal Technologist, MIT Computational Law Journal, and so on. I have extensively examined the repercussions for attorneys who have used AI-hallucinated elements in their legal briefs; see my coverage at the link here and the link here. The situation usually is that an attorney opts to include fake legal citations or fictitious quotations about legal cases, having generated those via the sloppy use of generative AI and large language models (LLMs).MORE FOR YOUI’ve frequently noted...