Clayton prosecutor who used AI gets suspended from Georgia Supreme Court

The Georgia Supreme Court has suspended assistant district attorney Deborah Leslie for six months for using artificial intelligence to draft court briefs containing fake case law. Leslie, who works in Clayton County, was found to have filed briefs with phony citations. The justices ruled that Leslie must take additional continuing education courses before she can practice before the state's high court again. The court's decision serves as a warning to all attorneys and trial judges in the state about the potential risks of using AI in their work. Leslie had used AI software to prepare a response in a case involving a defendant accused of killing a police officer. The AI-generated brief contained non-existent case law and citations, which were later discovered by the court. The incident highlights the need for attorneys to be cautious when using AI tools and to verify the accuracy of the information they generate.