Overview
- Letters released Thursday show Judges Henry T. Wingate in Mississippi and Julien Xavier Neals in New Jersey said staff used AI to draft orders that contained factual and citation errors.
- Neals said a law school intern used ChatGPT without authorization and that a draft decision in a securities case was mistakenly issued and then withdrawn.
- Wingate said a law clerk used Perplexity as a drafting aid and called the posting of a draft decision a lapse in oversight, later replacing the order.
- Neals adopted a written ban on AI use by clerks and interns and added multi-level review, while Wingate ordered independent second reviews and required printed copies of cited cases to accompany final drafts.
- The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts told Grassley it created an advisory AI Task Force and issued July interim guidance permitting cautious experimentation and urging consideration of disclosure as Grassley presses for stronger, permanent rules.