Extract from Sara Merken’s article “Senator Warns Us Judges on AI Misuse as Courts Try to Adapt”
Oct 28 (Reuters) – Two federal judges last week admitted to releasing rulings that contained errors generated by artificial intelligence, underscoring a lack of uniform, permanent AI guidelines for U.S. courts as the technology spreads through the legal profession.
The flawed decisions should “serve as a wake-up call across the federal judiciary,” U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley said in a Senate floor speech on Monday. “But if it isn’t, I’m here today to give a warning. I’m watching. All of Congress is now watching.”
Grassley said the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts and the Judicial Conference should swiftly issue specific AI guidelines. “I call on every judge in America … to take this issue seriously and formalize measures to prevent the misuse of artificial intelligence in their chambers,” he said.
