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Crown Prosecution Service Reportedly Filed Purportedly AI-Generated False Citations in Two Extradition Appeals
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In brief
An AI system built by Large Language Model Developers and deployed by Crown Prosecution Service and Lawyers allegedly harmed Epistemic Integrity, Judicial Integrity and 5 others.
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What happened
In joined appeals involving Andreea-Maria Tobosaru and Marian Tofan, the Crown Prosecution Service reportedly filed grounds of opposition containing two nonexistent authorities that likely originated from purported generative AI. The citations also appeared in a later document. The High Court said they did not affect the appeals, and the CPS apologized, citing inadequate verification by a reviewing lawyer.
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Who was involved
- Alleged deployer
- Crown Prosecution Service, Lawyers
- Alleged developer
- Large Language Model Developers
- Alleged harmed party
- Epistemic Integrity, Judicial Integrity, Andreea Maria Tobosaru, Marian Tofan, Extradition Appellants, High Court Of Justice (England And Wales), Courts
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Source record: incident #1603 on the AI Incident Database · all 1 report