Chief Justice Report Acknowledges Risks, Rewards of AI in Court

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. devoted his annual year-end report on the state of the federal judiciary, issued, to the positive role that artificial intelligence can play in the legal system — and the threats it poses. “One of A.I.’s prominent applications made headlines this year for a shortcoming known as ‘hallucination,’” he wrote, “which caused the lawyers using the application to submit briefs with citations to nonexistent cases. (Always a bad idea.)”