WA lawyer referred to regulator after preparing documents with AI-generated citations for nonexistent cases

Judge warns of ‘inherent dangers’ of lawyers relying solely on AI amid growing number of fake citations or other errors Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA lawyer has been referred to Western Australia’s legal regulator after using artificial intelligence in preparing court documents for an immigration case. The documents contained AI-generated case citations for cases that did not exist.It is one of more than 20 cases so far in Australia in which AI use has resulted in fake citations or other errors in court submissions, with warnings from judges across the country to be wary of using the technology in the legal profession. Continue reading...

Comments

World news

TIFF CEO apologizes for 'hurt, frustration' caused by cancelling October 7 documentary

National Post

Federal agents arrested a protester for throwing a sandwich at them. Now artists are turning him into a resistance icon on the walls of DC

about 3 hours ago

Ukraine security talks are ‘road to nowhere’ says Lavrov as Nato chiefs meet

Independent

Texas judge blocks Ten Commandments in public schools with epic ruling that quotes Sonny & Cher, Kurt Vonnegut and Billy Graham

about 3 hours ago

Cheetah cubs rescued before they are lost to illegal trade

Independent

Comments

Similar News

WA government put ‘very rosy spin’ on report into Woodside emissions at Murujuga, scientist’s private email says

Body of infant found in Perth storm water drain had been there for two weeks, WA premier says

WA Museum partnership with Woodside criticised as record-breaking marine heatwave decimates coral reefs

WA’s ‘longest and most intense’ marine heatwave killed coral across 1,500km stretch

WA independent proposes raising GST and giving $3,300 payment to all Australians

World news

TIFF CEO apologizes for 'hurt, frustration' caused by cancelling October 7 documentary

2 more beachfront homes near collapse as a hurricane waves pound North Carolina's Outer Banks

Missing Texas woman found living among lost ‘African’ tribe in Scotland

JD Vance booed in DC as he awkwardly greets National Guard at Union Station Shake Shack

McDonald’s settles with Colorado resident who claims they contracted E. coli after visiting restaurant

Lawsuits begin after Legionnaires outbreak tears through New York City: ‘It’s completely preventable’

Stephen Miller brands citizens protesting deployment of the National Guard in DC ‘elderly white hippies’

Fox News’ Mark Levin defends Trump calling himself a ‘war hero’: ‘Let me educate the truly stupid’

Germany’s Israeli Dogma Lives On

Why Has Korea’s Stock Market Gone Wild?

Want your company&#8217;s merger approved? Pay a MAGA influencer.

Four things to know about Israel’s latest Gaza offensive in four minutes

Huckabee blames Europe for stalled Gaza talks, highlighting a growing Western divide

Work begins in Finland on a new Canadian icebreaker for Arctic defense

Investigation launched into 'horrifying' death of streamer

Watchdog deployed after Vancouver police fatally shoot ‘man with a weapon’

Billionaire Elon Musk spotted in Bella Bella, B.C., over weekend

Kristi Noem says U.S.-Mexico border wall to be painted black as deterrent

Trump orders Smithsonian review, says too much focus on ‘how bad’ slavery was

Macron calls Putin ‘an ogre at our doorstep,’ doubts Russia will make peace

10 House Democrats ask NCAA about plans to protect women as ways to pay college athletes increase

Trump team quietly ends guidance that forced school to accommodate students who don’t speak English

Russian drone strike sees firefighters battle huge blaze at Ukrainian energy facility

Federal agents arrested a protester for throwing a sandwich at them. Now artists are turning him into a resistance icon on the walls of DC

Ukraine security talks are ‘road to nowhere’ says Lavrov as Nato chiefs meet

Hurricane Erin mapped: Tracking areas most likely to see the impacts of storm surge and 20-foot waves

Judge shoots down Trump DOJ bid to unseal Epstein grand jury notes as ‘diversion’ from releasing unseen files

Trump purge of Smithsonian exhibits got underway in April and included removal of Harriet Tubman’s hymn book: report

Texas judge blocks Ten Commandments in public schools with epic ruling that quotes Sonny & Cher, Kurt Vonnegut and Billy Graham

Cheetah cubs rescued before they are lost to illegal trade

The US Navy is spending millions on testing new drone technology. Setbacks have been significant

Trump’s new co-FBI deputy director once tried to subpoena abortion patients’ records

Rachel Reeves’ mansion tax will be a massive blow to older people

Labour councils threaten new legal action over asylum seeker hotels

Family's plea to fugitive dad on the run with children for nearly four years

Epstein grand jury transcripts won't be unsealed, federal court rules

Texas Democrats plot to stall redistricting effort until Epstein files released

Trump team makes mortgage fraud its newest revenge tool

Ukrainian basketball fan, 14, wins front-row look at Winnipeg Sea Bears action

Boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. deported from U.S., jailed in Mexico

Why Donetsk matters so much for Ukraine's defences

Leading conservationist in South Africa denies smuggling rhino horns worth $14m

Oregon crews race to douse fire in one of the world's tallest trees

Why a 113-year-old, wooden church in Sweden was rolled away

Xi Jinping Visits Tibet as Dalai Lama’s Succession Looms

Russia Demands Role in Guaranteeing Ukraine’s Postwar Security

Gazans Fear Looming Israeli Operation

Nearly 20% of Canadian small businesses may close from tariffs, CFIB says

Toronto teacher fired for wearing blackface costume should be reinstated: arbitrator

‘Something is broken’: Ford slams assault charges against homeowner after break-in

More than 60 people rescued by helicopter from B.C. park due to flooding

Canadian judge among 4 ICC officials sanctioned by U.S. over ‘lawfare’

Stelco owner ‘doesn’t give two hoots’ about the workers: Ontario Premier Doug Ford

‘Great to be back in action,’ says Poilievre after byelection win

The Holocaust Historian Defending Israel Against Charges of Genocide

ICE deports 6-year-old girl and her mom to Ecuador as New York officials blast Trump: ‘Where is your humanity?’

Pope Leo to live in Vatican ‘flatshare’ when he moves into papal apartments

Police investigate death of French online star who died during livestream after ‘10 days of torture’

Service dog reunited with blind owner two months after being stolen from Chicago backyard

Russian foreign minister warns West over excluding Moscow from Ukraine security discussions

Want your company’s merger approved? Pay a MAGA influencer.