Stanford AI Expert's Testimony Excluded After AI Hallucinated Citations 🤖

From Abhivardhan, via Indic Pacific Legal Research

When AI Fools Its Own Expert: A Watershed Moment for Legal Evidence

In an extraordinary twist that reads like digital-age satire, Stanford University's Professor Jeff Hancock, Director of the Stanford Social Media Lab and an expert on AI misinformation, fell victim to AI-generated hallucinations in his own expert declaration before a Minnesota federal court.

The case, Kohls v. Ellison, challenging Minnesota's deepfake law, has become a cautionary tale about the perils of unchecked AI use in legal proceedings. Judge Laura M. Provinzino's recent order excluding Hancock's testimony serves as a wake-up call for legal practitioners worldwide."

Professor Hancock, a credentialed expert on the dangers of AI and misinformation, has fallen victim to the siren call of relying too heavily on AI—in a case that revolves around the dangers of AI, no less," notes the court in what might be one of 2025's most significant rulings on AI in legal practice.

This article explores the implications of this landmark decision for evidence law, professional responsibility, and the future of AI in legal proceedings.

You can read the complete analysis on this at https://www.indicpacific.com/post/when-ai-expertise-meets-ai-embarrassment-a-stanford-professor-s-costly-citation-affair