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Report supporting Australia’s teen social media ban appears to contain AI hallucinations, Senate hears

A report supporting Australia's under-16 social media ban, produced by the UK-based Age Check Certification Scheme (ACCS) in a $3.48m age assurance technology trial, appears to contain AI hallucinations, with Guardian analysis finding links to academic articles that do not exist. The authors conceded ChatGPT was used in editing but denied the citation errors were due to AI hallucinations, as heard in a Senate hearing.

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Report supporting Australia’s teen social media ban appears to contain AI hallucinations, Senate hears
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By Josh Taylor and Nick EvershedSource:

The Guardian TechnologyExclusive: Guardian analysis finds one section of report includes links to academic articles that do not exist, but authors deny the references were made up by AI

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The authors of a report testing the technology underpinning Australia’s social media ban have conceded ChatGPT was used in editing, but denied a number of citation errors in the report were due to AI hallucinations.

The $3.48m age assurance technology trial, run by the UK-based Age Check Certification Scheme (ACCS) last year, tested various types of technology that could be used by social media platforms as part of Australia’s under-16 social media ban.

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