AI And Legal Hallucinations

Introduction

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has made things easier, faster and more efficient. A major concern regarding AI is its reliability and credibility. Artificial intelligence can also produce information that appears to be true and credible but is in fact false or nonexistent. With the increasing use of AI in legal research and decision-making, there is a growing risk of AI generating fabricated case law, incorrect citations, or non-existent judicial precedents. Such erroneous legal information presented as fact is commonly referred to as a “legal hallucination.”

AI Hallucination in Litigation

The growing trend of using AI can also be observed in the legal field. In the current scenario, lawyers and legal counsel increasingly use AI for legal research and other professional purposes. The rapid integration of Large Language Models (LLMs) and generative artificial intelligence into legal practice has transformed legal research, document drafting, and workflow automation.