Senior judges have warned the judiciary in England and Wales to restrict their use of artificial intelligence in conducting legal research and to avoid divulging information about cases to online chatbots.
Official guidance published on Tuesday for magistrates, tribunal panel members and judges highlighted the risk that AI tools would make factual errors or draw on law from foreign jurisdictions if asked to help with cases.
Sir Geoffrey Vos, the country’s second most senior judge, said AI offered “great opportunities for the justice system, but because it’s so new we need to make sure that judges at all levels understand [it properly]”.