David McGowan on the Use of AI in Court
ICLE Academic Affiliate David McGowan was quoted in an article from ABC 10 News San Diego regarding the use of erroneous information provided by AI in court:
“You can’t say things to judges that aren’t true,” McGowan says. “Judges have discretion to sanction lawyers, which is basically fine them money.”
McGowan also worries about people starting to skip lawyers altogether and using free AI tools to draft their own legal documents.
“If your document contains a case that’s made up and just doesn’t exist, that’s something that should be caught,” McGowan says. “Lawyers know how to do that. I don’t know that ordinary people do.”
Read the full piece here.