AI is flooding the courts with more cases, more filings, and more fake citations

# AI Is Creating a Crisis in the Courts—With Fake Evidence Lawyers across the U.S. and U.K. are using AI tools like ChatGPT to draft legal arguments, but the systems are inventing fake court cases, citations, and quotes that don't actually exist—and judges are catching them. Even prestigious law firms have had to apologize for submitting completely fabricated evidence, which wastes court time, undermines legitimate cases, and is now forcing courts to develop new ways to verify legal claims before they're accepted.