AI 'ghost cases' haunt S. Korean courtrooms

AI핵심 요약

• ·Judiciary pushes for fines, internal AI to combat 'ghost precedents' An unrelated photo shows a courtroom at the Seoul Central District Court.
• ·(Herald DB) South Korea’s judicial branch is stepping up its response to the use of artificial intelligence in court proceedings, as AI hallucinations have led attorneys to cite nonexistent “ghost precedents” in their legal submissions, according to the National Court Administration.
• ·The administrative body of the court is reviewing legislative revisions, amending court procedures such as fines and other means to weed out false legal evidence created by AI.
• ·Judges are increasingly raising concerns over plaintiffs and attorneys citing nonexistent cases and statutes during court proceedings.
• ·“In written judgments, I used to point out nonexistent cases cited by lawyers in footnotes,” said one judge at a court in Seoul.