Um... AI, to a judge? Really?

Our fearless leader of HHS submitted an AI generated report to a judge... and the judge is not a happy camper.

Judge Condemns RFK Jr’s HHS for Using Fake Studies

Newsweek

By Alice Gibbs

Sep 03, 2026

A federal judge has sharply criticized the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., after finding that studies cited in a key teen pregnancy prevention funding notice appeared either not to exist or did not support the claims for which they were cited, describing the issue as a hallmark of AI-generated citations.

In a preliminary injunction ruling issued August 19, District Judge Christopher R. Cooper blocked parts of the Trump administration's overhaul of the federal Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program.

Cooper wrote: “On the topic of body literacy, the notices (remarkably) reference public health studies that appear either not to exist or not to support the propositions for which they are cited—a hallmark of AI-generated citations.”

He went on to point to expert testimony submitted in the case that found five of seven articles cited in the notices could not be located as described, with two appearing to be entirely fabricated and three seemingly misattributed to the wrong journals.

"And according to the early-stage factual record, there seem to be no pregnancy prevention curricula and programs that 'center [on] body literacy' and other newly-imposed TPP requirements," he said.

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Cooper found that the plaintiffs were likely to succeed in showing the policy was arbitrary and capricious. He wrote: “While abstinence-only education may well be appropriate for some age groups or communities, the agency has offered no explanation or evidence to support its across-the-board mandate that only abstinence strategies be pursued.”

You really don't want to get a judge mad at you with fudge reports.