Georgia appellate judges have penalized an Atlanta divorce lawyer who repeatedly cited fake cases in court filings, saying she appears to have relied on artificial intelligence.

Judges nationwide are under increasing threats, prompting calls for Congress to better protect them. In Georgia, new legislation shields judges’ personal information from the public and provides ...

The judges also vacated the previous court order and sent the case back to a lower court to reconsider. The Source: Information for this story came from a ruling by the Georgia Court of Appeals.

The judges said it might be the first time a Georgia appeals court has confronted the problems that can flow from a lawyer’s apparent use of artificial intelligence that generates content. They ...