AI: still a mystery
No evidence produced at hearing of how fake cases were cited in court
A High Court hearing last Friday failed to shed much light on how fake cases came to be cited by lawyers in two recent hearings.
As I explained a week ago, it’s widely assumed that these non-existent “authorities” — decided cases on which the courts rely — were so-called hallucinations generated by artificial intelligence (AI).
No evidence was produced at the hearing and counsel were unwilling to share court documents with reporters. But what emerged in oral argument was both unexpected and disturbing.
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