Fake cases, judges’ headaches and new limits: Australian courts grapple with lawyers using AI
Full extent of AI in the legal profession is unknown but courts are worried about its use to write affidavits, witness statements, and for case citations
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The lawyer had a back injury and was short on time. Submissions were due in an immigration case, where he was representing someone in an appeal of a decision of the minister. He had heard about the use of artificial intelligence in legal work, and logged into ChatGPT, inserting some words relevant to the case to prepare a summary of cases. He thought the summary read well, so he incorporated the details and references into the submissions without checking the details.
Then, about two weeks later, the immigration minister’s outline of submissions highlighted 17 cases cited in the applicant’s documents that did not exist.
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