Real Cases Wrong Law Auditing the Machine

Everyone has heard about AI inventing fake cases. The harder problem is the real case that is no longer the law. Two AI research tools were asked for “the latest in AI and the law.” Don Hilborn, J.D., traced nine load-bearing claims to primary authority, and two held up. None were fabricated. Several described real rulings accurately but missed what came next, an error a quick cite-check confirms rather than catches. Treating each memo like a dataset, Hilborn shows the four ways AI research fails, why tools sound current while running on stale data, and why “two of nine” is a data point, not an error rate. Attendees leave with a seven-step protocol for auditing any AI-generated memo before it reaches a client or a court.