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Tristan Kirk

AI apps like ChatGPT may be helping defendants get lighter sentences, magistrates warned

Defendants convicted in secret court hearings may be using artificial intelligence to help obtain lighter sentences, magistrates have been warned.

Fears are growing about the use of AI apps like ChatGPT by people facing criminal proceedings through the Single Justice Procedure, where magistrates issue convictions and sentences based on written evidence alone.

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