Judges Admit AI Use After Rulings Are Flagged: The Brief

TWO FEDERAL JUDGES who used rulings containing made-up elements said their staff employed AI tools in the drafting process, Justin Henry reports.

• US District Judge Julien Neals in New Jersey and US District Judge Henry Wingate in Mississippi admitted to the AI usage in letters addressing questions raised by Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa). The judges’ letters were reviewed by Bloomberg Law.
• Neals said a law school intern in his office used ChatGPT to perform legal research, resulting in an order that contained case quotations that didn’t exist. Wingate said his law clerk used the AI tool Perplexity ...