Chatbots · September 2026Gaffe level: Blunder
Florida Appeals Court Calls a Lawyer's AI-Assisted Filings AI Slop and Weighs Sanctions
Florida's 4th District Court of Appeal ordered family-law attorney Jaclyn Soroka to explain why she should not be sanctioned for filings bearing hallmarks of generative AI output, which the judges called AI slop full of gibberish. One judge wrote that an AI supercomputer would struggle to find meaning in the prose.
Source: Reuters
AI on WhatsApp Helped Rescue Four Trafficked Girls
Four girls from Okene in Kogi State, including a 14-year-old, were trafficked to Mali. One used AI on WhatsApp from a hidden phone, which gave her the contact for the head of operations at Nigeria's anti-trafficking agency, and the girls were rescued and repatriated through a coordinated effort. The AI's role was connecting her to the right rescuers.
Source: The Sun Nigeria