AI-Crafted Closing Argument Can’t Free Fugees Rapper From Lobbying Law Conviction

(September 3, 2024, 12:11 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Artificial intelligence used in organizing a criminal case and crafting closing arguments attributed a song to the wrong artist, but a former rapper with the band Fugees accused of lobbying violations never explains how such an error prejudiced him or otherwise resulted in his conviction, a federal judge in the District of Columbia said Aug. 30 in denying a motion for a new trial....