Write and Publish Your Opinion, Sporting or Local News on MyZA: CLICK HERE to Proceed

MyZA

News, Directory, Events and Other Stuff

You are here: Home / News / AI misuse shakes South African courtrooms – TechCentral | SA News

AI misuse shakes South African courtrooms – TechCentral | SA News

AI misuse shakes South African courtroomsSouth Africa’s Legal Practice Council (LPC) is developing an AI policy framework to govern how legal professionals use artificial intelligence when doing their work.

The move comes after two cases – Mavundlela vs the KwaZulu-Natal MEC of cooperative governance & traditional affairs and Northbound Processing vs the SA Diamond and Precious Metals Regulator – were referred to the LPC due to their inappropriate use of generative AI tools.

In both cases, AI used for research “hallucinated” (fabricated) non-existent case law, which was then cited as precedent to support the arguments presented in court.

LPC deputy chair Llewellen Curlewis told TechCentral that such use of AI amounts to…

Public Engagement: Newspapers engage with the public through letters to the
editor, opinion pieces, and community reporting.

Read More at the Source

Category: Tag: , ,

If you feel strongly about this article then feel free to send MyZA a ‘Letter to the Editor’ using the submission form below:

Letter to the Editor

This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.
If this is in response to an article please include that article title here or as the lead in for the first paragraph of your Letter below.

Separate tags with commas

Localise your letter by naming the city your words are about. Add relevant words describing your subject. Single comma separated words of no more than 5
Your Name(Required)
Your Name will be linked to the website below.
Your personal, business or social media web site
Choose NO to not set up a user account on MyZA. User Accounts will allow you to submit letters under your own Author Name

3 Latest Letters to the Editor:

  • December Grants Land 2-4 December – Plan the Long January Gap

    Dear Editor, December grants land early in the month — Older Persons on Wednesday 2 December, Disability on Thursday 3 December, and Children’s grants on Friday 4 December. That is good news for festive shopping, but it makes January the longest month of the year, and January is when school uniforms, stationery and transport money…

  • Foster Parents May Qualify for the R1,290 Foster Child Grant

    Dear Editor, I run SAGrant (sagrant.co.za), a free resource helping South Africans navigate SASSA grants. Many South Africans raising a foster child do not know the Foster Child Grant exists. It pays R1,290 a month — more than double the R580 Child Support Grant — and it is for children placed in your care by…

  • Name of sexual offender?

    Dear Editor 653 Years Imprisonment for 119 Counts of Sexual Offences Against Children Why is this person being protected by anonymity? He has been convicted and sentenced, so please release his identity. Regards LA Morton In Response to/From: 653 Years Imprisonment for 119 Counts of Sexual Offences Against Children

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Fun South African Fact: South Africa is the only country in the entire world that has voluntarily abandoned its nuclear weapons programme.

  2. Fun South African Fact: South Africa is home to the world’s longest wine route: Route 62. It spans an impressive 850 kilometres and the excellent wineries along the way are a must-visit for lovers of fine wine! You can even enjoy the winelands on a day trip from Cape Town. Travel 40-min to an hour outside of the city centre to enjoy decadent wine tastings and even wander through some of the beautiful wine farms and estates! Suburbs like Durbanville and Constantia are even closer to the city centre and are also home to many exceptional wineries.