Your AI assistant cited a law that does not exist. Here is the fix.
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I watched an LLM cite a law that does not exist. Not a hypothetical: it produced 18 U.S.C. § 301 as the basis for a data-protection claim, and quoted Consumer Credit Act 1974 s. 157 for a rule that lives somewhere else entirely. Both looked authoritative. Both were wrong in ways only a lawyer — or…
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- 2026-10-23 21:32 · DEV Community — AI
Your AI assistant cited a law that does not exist. Here is the fix.