Josh Gerstein

The European mind cannot comprehend this

🧵 Five students brought a lawsuit against Columbia and Barnard after they were punished for participating in the 2025 Butler Library protest. Barnard and Columbia’s lawyers found two AI-generated hallucinations in one of their court filings: “As for the second case Petitioners rely on, ‘Matter of McCormack v. LaHood, 85 A.D.3d 1070, 1071 (2d Dep't 2011),’ the reporter citation is to a case of a different name that has no relevance whatsoever, and after a diligent search, Barnard is unable to locate any case with this name.” “Again, one of the cases Petitioners cited, ‘Matter of Ortiz v. Coughlin, 86 A.D.2d 660, 661 (2d Dep't 1982),’ does not appear to exist-the citation goes to the middle of another case of a different name with no relevance here, and after a diligent search, the only three cases with these names in the caption are completely irrelevant.”

Congratulations to my friend Jamie McDonald on his appointment by President Trump to lead SDNY. I thank Jay Clayton for his leadership of the Office and look forward to his continued service as Director of National Intelligence. We look forward to working with the judges as part of this process.

So obsessed with this video my friend took of the Knicks buzzer beater moment. Adrenaline, surprise, camaraderie, celebration, joy, ecstasy, LIFE!