Legal scholar concerned about use of artificial intelligence in court
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A legal academic is concerned about the use of artificial intelligence in court - after a fake case was referenced in the Court of Appeal.
In the case of Wikeley vs Kea Investments in November, it was discovered one of the parties - Mr Wikeley - had put forward a memo drafted using generative AI, and which referred to previous legal decisions that did not exist.
The respondents' lawyer pointed it out, and it was subsequently withdrawn.
The judge noted the incident in a footnote to the case - and referred Mr Wikely to the judiciary's 2023 guidelines on using artificial intelligence.
The case has piqued the interest of Auckland University Law School academic Matt Bartlett, who is questioning whether this country needs stricter rules around the use of AI in court.
