‘Scary’: how misinformation and AI hallucinations are infiltrating Australia’s parliament

Australia's government inquiry process is being flooded with AI-generated submissions that contain hallucinations (false information created by large language models that appears real but doesn't exist), including fake research citations and nonexistent sources attributed to real academics. Guardian Australia's analysis found dozens of policy submissions across the political spectrum incorrectly summarize actual research and invent sources, undermining the quality of information parliament uses to make decisions.