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LLMs fabricate legal citations for Saudi law but not GDPR, study finds · 2 sources tracked

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A new benchmark study reveals that large language models (LLMs) exhibit a significant disparity in their ability to accurately cite legal documents, particularly when dealing with different jurisdictions. While models like Gemini 2.5 Flash, GPT-OSS-120B, and Nemotron-3-Super-120B perform well on the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), they frequently fabricate citations for the Saudi Personal Data Protection Law (PDPL). This fabrication occurs regardless of the query language (Arabic or English) and is often presented with high confidence, highlighting a critical need for verification safeguards before relying on LLMs for legal compliance. AI

IMPACT Highlights critical safety concerns for LLM deployment in legal and compliance sectors, emphasizing the need for robust verification mechanisms.

RANK_REASON The cluster contains an academic paper detailing a new benchmark and evaluation of LLM capabilities.

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LLMs fabricate legal citations for Saudi law but not GDPR, study finds · 2 sources tracked

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COVERAGE [2]

  1. arXiv cs.CL TIER_1 English(EN) · Noura Suliman Alrajeh ·

    Do LLMs Fabricate Legal Citations? A Bilingual Benchmark on Saudi Data Protection Law and the GDPR

    arXiv:2607.11127v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Organizations and regulators increasingly consult large language models (LLMs) for regulatory-compliance questions, yet a wrong statutory citation can silently propagate into legal advice, compliance documentation, and policy decisi…

  2. arXiv cs.CL TIER_1 English(EN) · Noura Suliman Alrajeh ·

    Do LLMs Fabricate Legal Citations? A Bilingual Benchmark on Saudi Data Protection Law and the GDPR

    Organizations and regulators increasingly consult large language models (LLMs) for regulatory-compliance questions, yet a wrong statutory citation can silently propagate into legal advice, compliance documentation, and policy decisions. We introduce a bilingual benchmark of 120 q…

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