An ABA Working Group on AI has just published Guidelines for responsible use of AI in federal and state courts. The Guidelines are entitled Guidelines for U.S. Judicial Officers Regarding the Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence and are available to read in an upcoming law review article by clicking here. The Introduction to the Guidelines states that:
"These Guidelines are intended to provide general, non-technical advice about the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) by judicial officers and those with whom they work in state and federal courts in the United States. As used here, AI describes computer systems that perform tasks normally requiring human intelligence, often using machine-learning techniques for classification or prediction. GenAI is a subset of AI that, in response to a prompt (i.e., query),
generates new content, which can include text, images, sound, or video. While the primary impetus and focus of these Guidelines is GenAI, many of the use cases that are described below may involve either AI or GenAI, or both. These Guidelines are neither intended to be exhaustive nor the final word on this subject."
If you want to read a great summary of the Guidelines, click here to read a blog post by legal tech guru Bob Ambrogi.