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After being released from federal prison, Michael D. Cohen — Donald Trump’s former personal attorney and fixer — asked to have his probation time reduced. Cohen searched for legal precedents in order to make his arguments. But the New York Times and Forbes are reporting that according to court papers unsealed on Friday, December 29, Cohen said he mistakenly gave his attorney fake “cases” generated by the artificial intelligence program Google Bard. Times reporter Benjamin Weiser explains, “The fictitious citations were then used in a motion provided to a Manhattan federal judge. Mr. Cohen, who…

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