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US 5th Circuit Court seeks regulation on lawyers’ AI use in legal filings

Coin Telegraph: “The suggested regulation would apply to attorneys and litigants without legal representation appearing before the court, obliging them to confirm that filings produced with the help of AI were assessed for precision. A federal appeals court in New Orleans is considering a proposal that would mandate lawyers to confirm whether they utilized artificial intelligence (AI) programs to draft briefs, affirming either independent human review of AI-generated text accuracy or no AI reliance in their court submissions. In a notice issued on Nov. 21, the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals revealed what seems to be the inaugural proposed rule among the nation’s 13 federal appeals courts, focusing on governing the utilization of generative AI tools, including OpenAI’s ChatGPT, by lawyers presenting before the court…”

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