Melbourne, Australia (AP) – A senior Australian lawyer has apologized to a judge for filing submissions in a murder case with a fake quotes generated by artificial intelligence and no one.
Victoria is in the Supreme Court of the state of blunder in another accident AI has done justice systems Worldwide.
According to court documents observed by Associated Press on Friday, the defense lawyer Rishi Nathwani, who holds the prestigious legal title of Raja’s lawyer, took “full responsibility” to file presentations in the case of a teenager accused on murder.
“We are deeply sorry and embarrassed,” Nathwani told Justice James Elliot on behalf of the defense team.
AI-public errors Elliott expected to end on Wednesday due to a 24 -hour delay in resolving a case. Elliott on Thursday ruled that Nathwani’s customers who cannot be identified as they are minors were not guilty of murder due to mental loss.
Elliott told the lawyers on Thursday, “The way these incidents have been revealed, at the risk of understanding, is unsatisfactory.”
Elliot said, “The ability to rely on the accuracy of submissions made by the court of the court is fundamental to the fixed administration of justice.”
A speech in fake submissions included quotes for the state Legislature and did not allegedly have a case with the Supreme Court.
The errors were discovered by Elliot’s colleagues, who could not find cases and requested that defense lawyers offer copies.
The lawyers admitted the quotes that “do not exist” and that “fictional quotes”, stated in court documents.
The lawyers explained that they investigated that the initial quotes were accurate and wrongly assumed that others would also be correct.
Submission was also sent to prosecutor Daniel Porcecadu, who did not investigate his accuracy.
The judge said that the Supreme Court last year issued guidelines as to how lawyers use AI.
Elliot said, “It is not acceptable to artificial intelligence until the product of that use is independently and well verified,” Elliott said.
Court documents do not identify generic artificial intelligence systems used by lawyers.
In a comparable case in the United States in 2023, a federal judge $ 5,000 fined After two lawyers and a legal firm Puffy Aviation was convicted for presenting fictional legal research in a claim of injury.
Judge P. Kevin Custel said that he worked in bad faith. But he credited his apology and therapeutic steps, stating that Harshar sanctions were not necessary to ensure that they or other artificial intelligence equipment would not inspire them to produce fake legal history in their arguments.
After that year, the decisions of the more fictional court invented by AI were quoted in legal papers filed by lawyers for former private lawyer Michael Cohen, former private lawyer of US President Donald Trump. Cohen blamed, saying that he did not realize that the Google Tools he was using for legal research was also capable of so -called AI hallucinations.
British high court justice Victoria Tej In June, it was warned that providing false materials as it was real, may be considered contempt of court or, “in most egoistic cases,” destroying the course of justice, which gives the maximum punishment of life in jail.
Rod McGirk, Associated Press