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Fake cases, judges’ headaches and new limits: Australian courts grapple with lawyers using AI

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The full extent of the use of artificial intelligence in the legal profession is unknown.

Thomson Reuters surveyed 869 private practice professionals in Australia last year .

Nearly one in three said they would like a generative AI legal assistant.

A Melbourne lawyer was referred to the Victorian legal complaints body after admitting using AI software in a family court case.

A practice note issued by the NSW supreme court put limits on the use of generative AI by lawyers.

It stipulates it must not be used to generate affidavits, witness statements, character references or other material tendered in evidence or used in cross-examination.

A professor of law and the director of the Centre for AI and Digital Ethics at the University of Melbourne says the errors may be seen from lawyers with fewer resources or experience.

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