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Judge fury after ‘fake’ cases cited by rookie barrister in High Court
"I consider that it would have been negligent for this barrister, if she used AI and did not check it, to put that text into her pleading," says Mr Justice Ritchie
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Book review: Susskind’s ‘How To Think About AI’
Polly Botsford delves into Professor Richard Susskind's 'darker' latest book and wonders: 'Where has Reassuring Richard gone?'
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Do supermarkets make partners from the law firms they instruct work on their tills?
Because the partners are certainly keen
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Oxford law student jailed for modern slavery offences
PhD candidate and UN judge faces over six years behind bars
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