Unnamed large language model developer

Incidents involved as Developer

Incident 10092 Report
AI-Assisted Report by Tromsø Officials Cited Non-Existent Sources in School Closure Proposal

2025-02-13

In February 2025, Tromsø Municipality presented a report proposing the closure of schools and kindergartens. Residents later discovered the report cited numerous non-existent sources. Officials admitted using generative AI to help draft the report, leading to fabricated references. The incident led to public outcry, national commentary, and suspension of the closure plan. It is considered Norway’s first major public-sector AI scandal.

Incident 10732 Report
$31,000 Sanction in Lacey v. State Farm Tied to Purportedly Undisclosed Use of LLMs and Erroneous Citations

2025-04-15

In the case of Lacey v. State Farm, two law firms were sanctioned $31,000 after submitting a legal brief containing reportedly erroneous citations generated using AI tools. The court reportedly found that the lawyers failed to disclose the use of AI, neglected to verify its output, and refiled a revised brief with additional inaccuracies. Judge Michael Wilner deemed the conduct reckless and issued sanctions for what he described as "improper" and "misleading" legal filings.

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Tromsø Municipality

Incidents involved as Deployer

Incident 1009
2 Reports
AI-Assisted Report by Tromsø Officials Cited Non-Existent Sources in School Closure Proposal

Stig Tore Johnsen

Incidents involved as Deployer

Incident 1009
2 Reports
AI-Assisted Report by Tromsø Officials Cited Non-Existent Sources in School Closure Proposal

General public of Norway

Incidents Harmed By

Incident 1009
2 Reports
AI-Assisted Report by Tromsø Officials Cited Non-Existent Sources in School Closure Proposal

General public of Tromsø

Incidents Harmed By

Incident 1009
2 Reports
AI-Assisted Report by Tromsø Officials Cited Non-Existent Sources in School Closure Proposal

Thomas Nordahl

Incidents Harmed By

Incident 1009
2 Reports
AI-Assisted Report by Tromsø Officials Cited Non-Existent Sources in School Closure Proposal

Unnamed large language model

Incidents implicated systems

Incident 1009
2 Reports
AI-Assisted Report by Tromsø Officials Cited Non-Existent Sources in School Closure Proposal

K&L Gates LLP

Incidents Harmed By

Incident 1073
2 Reports
$31,000 Sanction in Lacey v. State Farm Tied to Purportedly Undisclosed Use of LLMs and Erroneous Citations

Incidents involved as Deployer

Incident 1073
2 Reports
$31,000 Sanction in Lacey v. State Farm Tied to Purportedly Undisclosed Use of LLMs and Erroneous Citations

Ellis George LLP

Incidents Harmed By

Incident 1073
2 Reports
$31,000 Sanction in Lacey v. State Farm Tied to Purportedly Undisclosed Use of LLMs and Erroneous Citations

Incidents involved as Deployer

Incident 1073
2 Reports
$31,000 Sanction in Lacey v. State Farm Tied to Purportedly Undisclosed Use of LLMs and Erroneous Citations

Michael Wilner

Incidents Harmed By

Incident 1073
2 Reports
$31,000 Sanction in Lacey v. State Farm Tied to Purportedly Undisclosed Use of LLMs and Erroneous Citations

Judicial process integrity

Incidents Harmed By

Incident 1073
2 Reports
$31,000 Sanction in Lacey v. State Farm Tied to Purportedly Undisclosed Use of LLMs and Erroneous Citations

Defense counsel in Lacey v. State Farm

Incidents Harmed By

Incident 1073
2 Reports
$31,000 Sanction in Lacey v. State Farm Tied to Purportedly Undisclosed Use of LLMs and Erroneous Citations

Unknown large language model

Incidents implicated systems

Incident 1073
2 Reports
$31,000 Sanction in Lacey v. State Farm Tied to Purportedly Undisclosed Use of LLMs and Erroneous Citations