“The use of AI is unacceptable unless its output is independently and thoroughly checked,” stated Justice James Elliott at the Supreme Court in Melbourne.

This issue pertained to a 16-year-old boy who has been found not guilty due to mental impairment in connection with the murder of a 41-year-old woman in Abbotsford in April 2023.

He did not further verify the documents’ contents because he agreed with the conclusion reached in the defence submissions, he said.

While present in court as the issue was discussed, the boy was ordered to remain under supervision at a Youth Justice Centre following the court’s mental impairment determination.

He faced charges of complicity, having allegedly agreed with an accomplice to commit the murder with the intention of stealing the woman’s car to drive to the Grampians, blowing up a bridge, and forming an anti-communist army to take over Australia.

The plan was never enacted and he was arrested after the killing near Ballarat.

At the time of the offense, he was suffering from untreated schizophrenia and was driven by “grandiose delusions” of being a prophet of God.

Justice Elliott noted, unlike in NSW, there are no adolescent psychiatric units in Victoria that he could be taken to.

He said he would continue to receive anti-psychotic treatment for his schizophrenia in youth justice.

The boy will return to court for a supervision hearing on November 5.

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