Chelsea Montes v. Suns Legacy Partners LLC

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from an actual case” that “looks correct.” Francis & Jarral, supra, at 5-6; see also Hayes, 763 F. Supp. 3d at 1065 (“fictitious case citations created by generative AI tools” can “look[] like a real case with a case name”). Thus, Defendant’s adjustment of language in the filed motion, by noting that some of the fictitious “case[s] do[] not exist as cited,” does not substantially alter the grounds of Defendant’s served motion. (Doc. 50 at 8 (emphasis added)). The contention is still the same argument: Plaintiff’s counsel included fabricated cases and quotations that bear the characteristics of AI-hallucinated content.21 20 Defendant notes that it “adjusted certain language from ‘Case does not exist’ in the served version of the motion to ‘Case does not exist as cited’ in the filed motion to distinguish two forms of fake citations found in the offending filings: (1) fake citations where there is not even a case with the same name, and (2) fake citations that include the name of a real case, but which are otherwise fabricated—with made-up dates, courts, or Westlaw or reporter numbers—and where the real case with the same name generally