"Michael Cohen Admits Using AI-Generated Fake Legal Citations Unwittingly"

Michael Cohen, in a court document, admitted to unintentionally sending his former attorney, David Schwartz, fake legal case citations generated by an AI tool called Google Bard. Cohen, not being a lawyer, assumed Schwartz would verify the information before submission. Schwartz, on the other hand, mistakenly thought the cases were found by Cohen's current attorney, Danya Perry, and did not independently review them. Perry clarified she had no involvement with the citations. The issue arose when a federal judge questioned the existence of the cited cases in Cohen's request for early termination of supervised release. Both Cohen and Perry emphasized that there was no intent to mislead the court.