The Manitoba Court of Appeal has dismissed a foreclosure appeal after finding a self-represented Brandon woman’s filing appeared to rely on case law “that does not exist,” in what the court described as materials “generated by some form of artificial intelligence gone awry.” The Law Society of Manitoba has also disciplined a lawyer over unreliable AI-cited case law. Toronto lawyer Tom Macintosh Zheng, who runs a national database, says over 80% of Canadian AI-hallucination cases involve self-represented parties, highlighting access-to-justice gaps and under-resourced legal aid services.
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