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10th Circuit judges weigh in on low number of trials, AI during law school appearance
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Three judges on the Denver-based federal appeals court fielded questions from an audience of students on Tuesday about the low number of cases that ever make it to trial and the potential influence of artificial intelligence on the judiciary. Senior Judge David M. Ebel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit said he…
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Colorado Supreme Court committee votes to explore role of AI in practice of law
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An advisory committee to the Colorado Supreme Court recently created a subcommittee that will evaluate existing rules barring the unauthorized practice of law to determine if changes are necessary to accommodate emerging artificial intelligence-powered legal tools. The March 1 vote of the Advisory Committee on the Practice of Law came at the request of the…
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‘AI won’: Judges caution lawyers to educate themselves about artificial intelligence in the law
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A panel of federal and state judges last week told a group of attorneys, in explicit terms, artificial intelligence is here to stay and they must educate themselves about how to use it responsibly. “Here’s how I’ve been trying to think about this: Most of us drive cars. I have a car that has a…
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Disciplinary judge approves lawyer’s suspension for using ChatGPT to generate fake cases
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A Colorado lawyer has received a suspension for using artificial intelligence to generate fake case citations in a legal brief and then lying about it. The presiding disciplinary judge’s imposition of punishment on Zachariah C. Crabill is apparently the first to implicate the improper use of AI. The head of Colorado’s attorney regulation office, Jessica…
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Colorado AG, Supreme Court justice speak at summit about challenges facing democracy
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At an event last month broadly touching on the challenges facing American democracy, Attorney General Phil Weiser and Justice Melissa Hart provided their views on the dangers of artificial intelligence, digital speech and the recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions curtailing longstanding protections for abortion rights and affirmative action. Weiser explained that he is most concerned…
