{"id":1193855,"date":"2023-10-18T16:29:28","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T20:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1193855"},"modified":"2023-10-18T16:29:28","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T20:29:28","slug":"rapper-pras-lawyer-used-ai-to-defend-him-in-criminal-case-it-did-not-go-well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1193855","title":{"rendered":"Rapper Pras\u2019 lawyer used AI to defend him in criminal case\u2014it did not go well"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Enlarge<\/a> \/<\/span> Pras Michel performs during the Roots Picnic at The Mann on June 3, 2023, in Philadelphia. (credit: Getty Images | Taylor Hill )<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

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After being convicted of federal crimes related to a foreign influence campaign, rapper Prakazrel “Pras” Michel says he should get a new trial because his lawyer “used an experimental AI program to write his closing argument.” In a motion for a new trial<\/a> filed Monday, the Fugees rapper’s new lawyers say Michel’s previous representation used “an experimental AI program in which they had a financial stake to write the closing argument, resulting in a frivolous and ineffectual closing argument.”<\/p>\n

Michel was represented at trial by defense counsel David Kenner, who is accused of failing to provide a cogent defense and misattributing two songs to the Fugees.\u00a0The allegations about Kenner’s use of AI are reminiscent of a previous incident<\/a> in which a lawyer admitted using ChatGPT to help write court filings that cited six nonexistent cases invented by the artificial intelligence tool.<\/p>\n

According to the motion for a new trial, “Kenner failed to familiarize himself with the charged statutes, causing him to overlook critical weaknesses in the Government’s case,” and he “did not understand the facts or allegations.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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