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Amir Mostafavi AI failures
Every documented AI failure involving Amir Mostafavi on the AI Failure Index, classified by the mechanism that broke.
- Failures
- 2
- Highest severity
- Medium
- Span
- 2023 to 2025
- Failure modes
- 1
By failure mode
By severity
FI-0273Legal ServicesMedium
HallucinationAmir Mostafavi fined $10,000 for using ChatGPT to fabricate court quotes
California attorney Amir Mostafavi was sanctioned $10,000 by the 2nd District Court of Appeal for submitting a brief containing fabricated quotes. The court found that 21 of 23 quotations were hallucinated by ChatGPT.
- Confidence
- Medium (multi-source)
Amir Mostafavi3 sourcesPressPublicSep 2025
FI-0209Legal ServicesMedium
HallucinationCalifornia attorney fined $10,000 for filing appeal with fake AI citations
The California appeals court fined Amir Mostafavi $10,000 after discovering 21 of 23 quotes in the opening brief were fabricated by ChatGPT. The ruling serves as a warning to lawyers about the dangers of submitting unverified AI content.
- Confidence
- Medium (multi-source)
Amir Mostafavi2 sourcesPressPublicJul 2023
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