A central Iowa attorney has been disciplined for having incorporated false case citations in a court brief authored with the help of artificial intelligence.
It’s at least the second time an Iowa attorney has faced allegations of using artificial intelligence, or AI, to author briefs that include false information, often referred to as “hallucinations” since the information is created by AI based on data patterns rather than on verified facts.
The most recent case involves the Iowa Attorney Disciplinary Board’s letter of public reprimand to attorney Cathleen Jane Siebrecht of Pleasant Hill…