12 Jun 2024

Parliament Withdraws Submission Containing AI-Generated Inaccuracies

A parliamentary submission posted online was withdrawn after it was discovered to contain false information about a third party, which had been generated using artificial intelligence.

The incident seems to have highlighted a risk for parliamentarians and committees when depending on external submissions to inform their work.

“We did have a circumstance, not in a Senate committee, but in a joint committee with a submission being made using AI that turned out to have false information," Senator Richard Colbeck told Senate estimates.

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