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Case law hallucinations: Just an illusion?

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Hallucinated case law is one of the major pitfalls of using technology in legal practice, writes Dr Charanjit Singh
  • Examines the risks of using artificial intelligence in legal practice, and explores how to safeguard and/or mitigate against those risks.
  • Refers to R (on the application of Frederick Ayinde) v Haringey London Borough Council; Al-Haroun v Qatar National Bank QPSC and another company

Artificial intelligence (AI) has had a profound impact on the legal profession. Modern AI systems can naturally and independently perform and outthink their human counterparts, developing ‘intelligence’ (which simulates human intelligence) through experiences and through the processing of deep and complex layers, and representations of data, continually learning from them to provide astounding improvements in mastering complex, technical and time-consuming tasks.

The level of detail that AI can ‘process’ is impressive, identifying people, objects, voices and patterns, and screening for problems. This advent has begun to have an impact on legal practice.

This article examines the risks of using AI in legal practice, including its role in research, drafting, argumentation

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