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Argentine Court Reportedly Annuls Criminal Conviction After Judge Allegedly Used ChatGPT to Draft Ruling Without Disclosure
- Occurred
- Jun 4, 2025
- Published
- Oct 17, 2025
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
The Penal Chamber of Esquel, Argentina, reportedly annulled a June 2025 robbery conviction after determining that Judge Carlos Rogelio Richeri had allegedly used ChatGPT to draft part of the ruling without disclosure or human oversight. A copied phrase purportedly exposed AI authorship, prompting findings of due-process violations and data-handling concerns. The case was reassigned, and the Chubut Superior Court opened an ethics investigation.
Developers
- OpenAI
Deployers
- Carlos Rogelio Richeri
Harmed parties
- Justice system of Argentina
- Judicial integrity
- Epistemic integrity
- Juzgado Penal de Esquel
- Raúl Amelio Payalef
Classification
Category confidence: 90%
Severity confidence: 85%
Rationale: Judge used undisclosed AI to draft ruling, violating due process and transparency norms.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8