The AI Hallucination Crisis: Why South African Lawyers Must Master Ethical AI Usage Now
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly entering the South African legal sector, promising efficiency in research and contract review. Yet, as local courts are demonstrating, the uncritical integration of AI is not without severe and potentially career-ending risk. The core problem, known as AI “hallucination,” is where generative AI models invent, distort, or fabricate legal authorities and case citations. While this might seem like a...
