Source: Ministero della Giustizia di Singapore

Minister Edwin Tong SC set out a two-part characterization of AI-related evidentiary risks: deliberate fabrication or manipulation of evidence using AI (for example deepfake images or videos), and the negligent or careless use of AI tools in preparing court documents that can introduce inaccuracies, fabrications or fictitious citations. The Singapore Courts have confirmed that there have yet to be published decisions finding deliberate AI-fabricated evidence, but the Courts have in some instances disregarded evidence where a party could not satisfactorily explain the extent of reliance on AI in preparing the document; the reply further notes that any party who knowingly tenders false evidence faces serious consequences under the law, including criminal liability.

The reply records that the Courts issued a Guide on the use of Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools by Court Users in 2024 and the Ministry issued a Guide for the Use of Generative AI in the Legal Sector in March 2026, and that there have been at least two published cases in which the Singapore Courts imposed sanctions on lawyers for failing to verify AI-assisted materials. Detection and verification measures include training provided by the Singapore Judicial College on admissibility, authenticity and reliability of digital evidence, reliance on expert evidence and digital forensic analysis where contested, and continual judicial training supported by technical and expert assistance; the reply was posted on the Ministry of Law website on 4 August 2026.