New Jersey · state supreme court
Preliminary Guidelines on the Use of Artificial Intelligence by New Jersey Lawyers
The guidelines state that artificial intelligence does not change lawyers' existing duties, note that AI can hallucinate convincing but false information, and treat verification of output as part of the duties a lawyer already has.
Tracker entry · New Jersey
- Court. Supreme Court of New JerseyCOURT
- Level. state supreme courtLEVEL
- Date. 24 January 2024DATED
- What it requires. verification dutyREQUIRES
- Source. Read the documentSOURCE
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The notice is framed as interim guidance issued while the Supreme Court Committee on Artificial Intelligence and the Courts works through the longer question. It defines AI, separates generative AI as a subset, and says the integration of AI into other technologies means its use will soon be unavoidable for lawyers.
The heading that matters is the one that says artificial intelligence does not change lawyers’ duties. The guidelines point at jurisdictions where lawyers improperly relied on generative AI, and at the tendency of these systems to generate convincing but false information, as the reason the existing duties are enough and have to be met.
This entry is descriptive, not legal advice. It records what one document says. Read the order that governs your own division before you rely on any of it, and check whether it has changed since the date above.
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