The Charlotin AI hallucination tracker went from about 200 cases in mid-2025 to 1,668 by July 2, 2026, more than a thousand of them in the United States.
US courts imposed at least $145,000 in sanctions for fabricated citations in Q1 2026, including roughly $109,700 in Couvrette v. Wisnovsky in the District of Oregon.
Courts hold that the person who signs cannot delegate verification, and that new technology does not change existing certification duties.