She was convicted of a murder she says she didn’t commit. Then AI hallucinations stopped her speaking out
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THE AI ANGLE
Fabricating legal citations to justify parole restrictionsTasmania's Parole Board relied on fake legal authorities invented by artificial intelligence to ban Susan Neill-Fraser from asserting her innocence to the media. The board removed the restriction after the supreme court learned the citations were AI hallucinations. The incident forces justice officials to scrutinize how administrative bodies adopt unverified technology in decisions that limit personal freedoms.
THE TEACHING ANGLE
Instructors can explore whether low transparency in administrative parole bodies increases the risk of using fabricated legal citations to restrict speech.Read the original at theguardian.com Generate teaching or study materials
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