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Crown Prosecution Service Reportedly Filed Purportedly AI-Generated False Citations in Two Extradition Appeals
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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- Occurred
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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