South Korea’s National Court Administration is reviewing legislative revisions and amendments to court procedures to address the growing problem of attorneys citing nonexistent “ghost precedents” generated by AI hallucinations. Judges have reported a surge in fabricated case citations, with incidents at the Daegu High Court, Ulsan District Court, and Gwangju involving attorneys submitting nonexistent or unrelated Supreme Court precedents, including one who admitted using Google Gemini without verifying results. The judiciary is pushing to amend rules to allow fines for false statutes or precedents and to require parties to disclose AI use in submissions. The Judicial Information Disclosure Portal now includes a function to verify whether case numbers exist, and the NCA has secured 16.1 billion won ($10.6 million) to develop its own internal AI trial support system loaded with Supreme Court precedents and judgments.
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