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Al-Hamim v. Star Hearthstone, LLC, 2024 COA 128

warning

In the Colorado Court of Appeals, a self-represented appellant's brief contained generative-AI hallucinated citations. On this novel question for Colorado, the division declined to impose sanctions on these facts but formally put lawyers and self-represented parties on notice that future filings containing AI-generated hallucinations may be sanctioned.

Date of decision/order

2024-12-26

Court

Colorado Court of Appeals

Jurisdiction

US-STATE

AI tool

Not identified in the record

Conduct

A self-represented appellant filed a brief peppered with generative-AI-generated citations that did not exist. On a novel question for Colorado, the division declined to impose sanctions on these facts but issued a formal warning for the future.

Consequence

See outcome