AN INTRODUCTION to Natural & Artificial Intelligence in Law Blog – AI Law, Rights, and Technology

AI Hallucinations

Welcome to Natural and Artificial Intelligence in Law. Natural and Artificial Intelligence in Law is a professional resource at the intersection of AI law, human rights, equality, housing and civil justice. Curated by barrister Matthew Lee and now enjoying an international readership, the blog offers expert commentary, practical guidance, and live trackers AI Law. Read all about the project here.

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66 UK Cases of AI Hallucinated/False Citations (Confirmed or Suspected): The Lessons from Cork & Anor v Smith

Cork & Anor v Smith

"...What is remarkable when reading those chats is, first, that one would think that the text attributed to the AI was produced by an intelligent human being. The second remarkable thing is that, on a large number of occasions, it is plainly wrong or, at the very least, extremely misleading."

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64 UK Cases of AI Hallucinated/False Citations (Confirmed or Suspected) – Principles for Lawyers and Litigants

AI hallucination cases

"While litigants in person in the FTT are (entirely appropriately) given a greater degree of latitude in their conduct of the proceedings than represented parties, no person has immunity from sanction when committing a serious breach of court or tribunal rules..."

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The Dangers of Using AI to Assist with Witness Statements: Lessons from Godwin v Godwin

AI-assisted witness statements

"There was no good reason for either the Defendant or [redacted] to use ChatGPT in this case. Both struck me as sophisticated people... Both the Defendant and [redacted] are sufficiently technically adept to have used ChatGPT. They must have been able to use the spelling and grammar checking facility in Word (which the Defendant used to prepare his first draft) and in whatever word processing programme [redacted] used to prepare her first draft."

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Live Facial Recognition, AI Bias and the Equality Questions in R (Thompson and Carlo) v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis

live facial recognition

"207. The Commission emphasises that the world has seen the rapid development of artificial intelligence very recently with risks that, unless constrained by domestic and international law, States may use digital technologies to suppress dissent. In the domestic context, the uses to which LFR may be put, and the technology which supports it, will doubtless evolve but this claim is concerned with the terms of the Policy under challenge and (as we have said) its lawfulness now. We see no reason to take a different approach to Bridges."

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