State Courts Prepare for Age of AI (Artificial Intelligence
Lawyers’ growing use of artificial intelligence is front of mind these days , but that shouldn’t overshadow the equally energetic and consequential efforts by the nation’s judges to ethically incorporate AI into their work. The latest state court system to begin AI-related policy work is Georgia, where late last month the state supreme court created the Judicial Council of Georgia Ad Hoc Committee on Artificial Intelligence and the Courts to spearhead that work. The Georgia initiative, in partnership with the National Center for State Courts , will examine a wide range of topics, including: the impact of artificial intelligence on evidence rules the impact of artificial intelligence on civil and criminal procedure rules the adequacy of current ethical and professional standards applicable to lawyer competency relating to the use of Al by lawyers practicing in Georgia courts, and the need for standards and benchmarks for technology vendors to imp...