The federal immigration department and the Immigration and Refugee Board, which rules on asylum claims, have both found fraudulent AI-generated content in people’s applications or memoranda of appeal, including references to case law that doesn’t exist. (The Globe and Mail)

Talking point: Fake AI-content is making the refugee board’s work more complex and time intensive, a spokesperson told The Globe. People who are confirmed to have faked their documents can be banned from Canada for up to five years. Parliament recently passed a bill to crack down on fraud, among other concerns, by letting the department suspend or change large groups of immigration documents or put programs on pause when it’s in the public interest. The auditor general recently admonished the department, though, for not investigating all cases of suspected fraud. The auditor found 800 successful foreign student applicants with bogus material in their paperwork, but said the department did not act on them.