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Kipping v. Electrical Workers Registration Board

Court of Appeal of New Zealand · New Zealand ·

No weight givenAcknowledged AI output tenderedchat-outputoffered by applicantchallenge: weight

A self-represented appellant cited a Microsoft Copilot answer about isolator switches. The Court of Appeal held the AI answer took him no further because an unattributed chatbot response, without supporting evidence, was not reliable proof on the technical issue.

The court's finding, in its words

A submission relaying an answer given by artificial intelligence, without more, is not reliable evidence.

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