A California appeals court has appointed a referee to investigate the office, helmed by District Attorney Jesse Wilson. The findings may signal whether or not Wilson will face sanctions for his office’s misuse of generative artificial intelligence which led to court documents containing false citations and other errors being filed in four separate cases. Madison Maxwell, a former Nevada County deputy district attorney, also awaits potential sanctions.

KVMR News spoke with CalMatters Technology Journalist Khari Johnson about his original reporting covering the latest updates in an ongoing saga that began a year ago.