By Cecilia Nowell
Publication Date: 2025-11-26 22:00:00
A California prosecutor used artificial intelligence to make a motion in at least one criminal case that contained errors known as “hallucinations.”
A prosecutor in the Nevada County District Attorney’s Office in Northern California “recently used artificial intelligence in preparing a filing, which resulted in an inaccurate citation,” District Attorney Jesse Wilson said in a statement to the Sacramento Bee. “As soon as the error was discovered, the registration was immediately withdrawn.”
Defense and civil rights lawyers argue that prosecutors have used artificial intelligence in other criminal court files.
In October, Kyle Kjoller’s lawyers filed a motion with the Third District Court of Appeal asking that prosecutors be sanctioned for a series of errors in the prosecution’s files in the Kjoller case. Kjoller is represented by a public defender and the nonprofit Civil Rights Corps.
The appeal court rejected the application for sanctions…
