Kenyan court rejects AI-drafted filing, says applications must be human-written

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A High Court in Kenya has struck out an application after finding that parts of the filing had been drafted using an artificial intelligence platform.

In the court’s view, reliance on AI in preparing some of the documents introduced flaws that rendered the application legally defective, prompting its dismissal.