Justice Roberts: AI in Legal System Requires ‘Caution and Humility’

PYMNTS.com January 2, 2024
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America’s top jurist says artificial intelligence (AI) will significantly impact the legal system.

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts devoted a large portion of his year-end message to AI’s use in court, arguing that it requires “caution and humility.”

“One of AI’s prominent applications made headlines this year for a shortcoming known as ‘hallucination,’ which caused the lawyers using the application to submit briefs with citations to nonexistent cases, wrote Roberts in a message published Sunday (Dec. 31).

“Always a bad idea,” he added.

At the same time, Roberts argues that people who can’t afford an attorney could use AI-driven tools that can answer basic questions: where to find court forms, how to fill them out and where to...

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