> The fine appears to be the largest issued over AI fabrications by a California court

This is a bit like all the stats like "this is appears to be an unprecedented majority in the last 10 years in a Vermont county starting with G for elections held on the 4th when no candidate is from Oklahoma".

Lots of things are historic but that doesn't necessarily mean they're impressive overall. More interesting is how many of these cases have already been tried such that this isn't "historic" for being the first one decided.

Like a lot of sports statistics. "Most home runs hit by a player older than 35 on Tuesdays in years with an even number"