Judges Reflect on GenAI Use One Year After ChatGPT’s Debut

Since ChatGPT’s public debut a year ago, lawyers and judges have been evaluating generative artificial intelligence’s impact not only on legal questions in copyright, employment, and other areas of law, but on legal proceedings themselves.

As the legal community grapples with the technology’s uses, judges across the country have issued standing orders outlining how attorneys should use AI in filings, and courts are continuing to evaluate where the technology should fit in the practice of law. The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently said it was considering requiring attorneys to certify the accuracy of any generative ...