AGP Executive Report
Last update: 2 hours agoAI in the courtroom: The New Mexico Supreme Court fined Santa Fe defense lawyer Stephen Aarons $5,000 and held him in contempt after a murder-appeal brief included made-up police testimony and fabricated witnesses generated with ChatGPT, with the court saying he failed to verify the filing. Surveillance tech debate in NM: Bernalillo County’s sheriff says he’s switching license-plate reader vendors (from Flock to Axon) over privacy and data-sharing concerns, while critics warn the tech can enable mass surveillance. Education equity in NM: A new analysis of New Mexico public four-year colleges found Black/African American students who started in 2018 had a 34.9% six-year bachelor’s completion rate by 2024, with a wide gap versus other groups. Public safety & tech misuse: A Rio Rancho man recorded himself tearing down Flock cameras in Bernalillo County and was arrested, underscoring how quickly disputes over monitoring can turn criminal. Health & policy tech: SNAP is rolling out chip-enabled EBT cards to reduce theft, as states modernize payment security. Environment & land management: The Forest Service released an initial post-fire soil severity map for the Frijoles Fire, finding most of the footprint burned at low severity.
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