About 80% of Korean judges encounter AI-generated fake legal precedents: survey

A recent survey conducted by the Supreme Court in South Korea has revealed that approximately 80% of Korean judges have encountered instances where AI-generated fake legal precedents were cited during court cases. The survey, which polled 360 judges from October 6 to 16, specifically focused on the growing issue of "AI hallucination," where AI models present false information as if it were true.

Out of the surveyed judges, 80.7% reported witnessing nonexistent legal precedents being cited in civil, family, and administrative cases, while 65.4% encountered cases with false precedents. Additionally, 16.9% of the judges had to deal with cases involving false or nonexistent laws and regulations, and 4.1% reported seeing citations of non-existent laws.

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