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Sydney real estate agent tells Icac his statement was written with ChatGPT not by Labor councillor
Mohammad Abedin denies statement was written by a former Labor councillor under investigation for allegedly blackmailing a colleague, inquiry hears
A Sydney estate agent says he used ChatGPT to help write a statement provided to the New South Wales corruption watchdog, but denied it was written by a former Labor councillor under investigation for allegedly blackmailing a colleague, an inquiry has heard.
Mohammad Abedin told the Independent Commission Against Corruption (Icac) on Thursday he could not explain why a document titled “Mohammad Abedin statement.docx” was sent by Sharangan Maheswaran to the lawyer who witnessed Abedin’s statement, but denied it showed Maheswaran had written it.
Abedin accepted he had no evidence for an allegation of “a dodgy deal out the back” mentioned in the statement about the former Strathfield mayor, Matthew Blackmore. Blackmore is not accused by Icac of any wrongdoing.