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

In some cases, committee reports have cited submissions in which the majority of sources appear to be AI-generated - because they do not exist. In some cases, committee reports have cited submissions in which the majority of sources appear to be AI-generated - because they do not exist. 'Scary': how misinformation and AI hallucinations are infiltrating Australia's parliament Mon 31 Aug 2026 11.00 EDTLast modified on Mon 31 Aug 2026 11.02 EDT Australia's government inquiry process is supposed to help parliament make better decisions, hearing from experts and constituents alike. But Guardian Australia can reveal that the system is being flooded with AI-generated material, which is inventing studies and attributing nonexistent research to real academics and authors. In some cases, committee reports have cited submissions in which the majority of sources appear to be AI-generated "hallucinations", when large language models (LLMs) invent content that looks real but doesn't actually exist.