2024 Key Technology Partnerships Seed Funding Scheme to further milestones in cross-disciplinary collaboration between AAII and law, focusing on fake law detection and regulation using AI.
The UTS Key Technology Partnerships Seed Funding Scheme supports collaborative projects between UTS staff and their counterparts from eligible KTP institutions to advance scalable projects and sustainable relationships aiming to tackle global environmental, economic and social challenges.
Dr George Tian (UTS Law, Associate Member of AAII, Co-Chair of ASIL PILIG) and Prof Hang Yu (SHU, AAII Alumni), with participation from D/Prof Jie Lu, Dr Junyu Xuan, Prof Andrew Mowbray, Prof Natalie Stoianoff, A/Prof Allison Silink, and A/Prof Yuyang Zhao, have successfully secured funding under the prestigious 2024 Key Technology Partnerships Seed Funding Scheme for their project entitled “AI-generated Fake Law versus Judicial Credibility: Regulations and Recommender Systems for Fake Law Detection and Prevention”.
Under the leadership of Distinguished Prof Jie Lu AO (Laureate Fellow, FEIT, Director of AAII), this initiative will mark another milestone in cross-disciplinary collaboration between AAII and law. Researchers across multiple faculties will unite to ensure the responsible deployment of AI and safeguard judicial integrity.
The project aims to develop AI methods to respond to pressing challenges posed by generative AI in legal contexts, as highlighted by recent cases like Mata v Avianca in the US, where AI-generated briefs with erroneous citations surfaced. This underscores the urgent need for technologies like recommender systems to verify content and prevent misinformation in legal proceedings.