Report supporting Australia’s teen social media ban appears to contain AI hallucinations, Senate hears
TL;DR
Exclusive: Guardian analysis finds one section of report includes links to academic articles that do not exist, but authors deny the references were made up by AI Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The authors of a report testing the technology underpinning Australia’s social media ban have conceded ChatGPT was used in editing, but denied a number of citation errors in the report were due to AI hallucinations. The $3.48m age assurance technology trial, run by the UK-based Age Check Certification Scheme (ACCS) last year, tested various types of technology that could be used by social media platforms as part of Australia’s under-16 social media ban.
Nauti's Take
Using AI in the editing loop is legitimate and a real opportunity for speed, as long as every citation is checked by a human afterwards. The risk is on display here: invented references inside a document that legislation rests on turn efficiency into liability.
Anyone producing studies or policy papers needs a documented source check as a fixed step before publishing.
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