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Two federal judges admitted that members of their staff used artificial intelligence to prepare court orders over the summer that contained errors.
The admissions, which came from U.S. District Judge Julien Xavier Neals in New Jersey and U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate in Mississippi, came in response to an inquiry by Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Grassley described the recent court orders as “error-ridden.”
In letters released by Grassley’s office on Thursday, the judges said the rulings in the cases, which were not connected, did not go through their chambers’ usual review processes before they were released.
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The judges’ admissions came in response to an inquiry by Sen. Chuck Grassley. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The judges both said they have since adopted measures to improve how rulings are reviewed before they are posted.
Neals said in his letter that a June 30 draft decision in a securities lawsuit “was released in error – human error – and withdrawn as soon as it was brought to the attention of my chambers.”
The judge said a law school intern used OpenAI’s ChatGPT to perform legal research without authorization or disclosure that he also said was contrary to the chamber’s policy and relevant law school policy.
“My chamber’s policy prohibits the use of GenAI in the legal research for, or drafting of, opinions or orders,” Neals wrote. “In the past, my policy was communicated verbally to chamber’s staff, including interns. That is no longer the case. I now have a written unequivocal policy that applies to all law clerks and interns.”
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Sen. Chuck Grassley described the recent court orders as “error-ridden.” (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Wingate said in his letter…
