Silicon Republic January 2, 2024
Roberts said AI can boost access to legal information, but highlighted the risks of hallucinations and the importance of ‘nuance’ in legal cases.
John Roberts, the US supreme court’s chief justice, has raised concerns about the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the legal system.
In his end-of-year report, Roberts described AI as the “latest technological frontier” and said it could boost access to legal information and improve legal research. But he also said that it risks “invading privacy interests and dehumanising the law”.
“Some legal scholars have raised concerns about whether entering confidential information into an AI tool might compromise later attempts to invoke legal privileges,” Roberts said. “In criminal cases, the use of AI in assessing flight risk,...
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