Concerns over the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in gambling-related research have intensified after politicians and academics raised questions about an evidence review used to support a AU$20m (£10.4m) funding request for youth gambling education in Australia.
Independent Senator David Pocock, a longtime advocate for gambling reform in Australia, said he was “deeply concerned” about the report circulated by the OurFutures Institute. The MP blasted the research, telling officials it “appears to just be slop written by AI”.
He added that the document was “full of AI hallucinations, including references to studies that don’t exist and statements presented as facts that are completely false or grossly exaggerated”.
Analysis of the review by Guardian Australia found at least 21 problematic references, including broken links, citations to papers that do not exist and claims unsupported by the research cited.
In one example, the review claimed a government inquiry found “every $1 i..