Seems like a straightforward case of malpractice. The guy had every ability to double check the hallucinated references, but didn't do so; he used AI to replace

Seems like a straightforward case of malpractice. The guy had every ability to double check the hallucinated references, but didn't do so; he used AI to replace his own expertise, rather than augment it. I.e. he didn't "use AI to help write", he instead outsourced his work to AI with no oversight.