AI hallucination cases in Australia
DPP v Khan
[2024] ACTSC 19
| Detail | What the trackers record |
|---|---|
| Court | Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory |
| Jurisdiction | Australian Capital Territory |
| Date | 7 February 2024 |
| Who used AI | Not recorded |
| Tool named by the trackers | Not named |
| Sanction for the AI use | Not recorded |
| Outcome | Not recorded |
| Citation | [2024] ACTSC 19 |
Summary from the trackers
OBITER
The offender tendered a character reference that appeared to have been generated by, or rewritten with the assistance of, an LLM such as ChatGPT. Mossop J said (at [43]): ‘[i]n my view, it is clearly inappropriate that personal references used in sentencing proceedings are generated by, or with the assistance of, large language models as, if they are not objected to on that basis, it becomes difficult for the court to work out what, if any, weight can be placed upon the facts and opinions set o
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Court AI rules
Sources
All AI hallucination cases in Australia · Australian Capital Territory · Court AI practice notes