SALT LAKE CITY — Artificial intelligence is being trusted by a wide array of professionals.

Software developers use it to generate code. Doctors are leaning on AI to craft insurance appeals, or even to help diagnose diseases. And lawyers can use AI to draft legal documents, summarize case law and perform legal research more efficiently.

Now these important pros need to be careful, because AI can get stuff wrong. But sometimes it just isn’t wrong. Our investigation found AI can pull made-up information right out of its digital hat.

Citing fake cases

It happened recently in a Utah courtroom. Two attorneys filed a legal petition containing case citations. Here’s the thing — their cited cases don’t actually exist. You’ll never find them in any legal database. They were faked by the AI bo

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