AI hallucination cases in Australia
Director of Public Prosecutions v GR
[2025] VSC 490
| Detail | What the trackers record |
|---|---|
| Court | Supreme Court of Victoria —Criminal Division |
| Jurisdiction | Victoria |
| Date | 14 August 2025 |
| Who used AI | Lawyer |
| Tool named by the trackers | Not named |
| Sanction for the AI use | No professional sanction |
| Outcome | N/A |
| Citation | [2025] VSC 490 |
Summary from the trackers
OBITER
The Defendant’s Senior Counsel filed AI‑generated submissions in this murder case. The AI hallucinations included non‑existent cases, fictitious quotations (said to be from parts of the Second Reading Speech and the Commission’s Report), and fabricated case references (see ‘G. Use of artificial intelligence’, [61]–[80]). Senior Counsel admitted that the submissions filed were wrong and further noted that the cases referred to were incorrectly cited and did not apply to this matter ([66]). Elliot
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Court AI rules
Sources
- OBITER AI Hallucination Cases: Australia
- AustLII
- AI Hallucination Cases Database, Damien Charlotin (CC BY 4.0)
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