A judge on the U.S. Court of International Trade on Thursday issued an order requiring lawyers to disclose their use of generative artificial intelligence tools to create legal documents, citing security concerns related to confidential information.
Judge Stephen Vaden’s order is at least the second example of a U.S. federal judge asking lawyers with cases before them to certify that they took specific precautions if using novel AI technologies such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google Bard or Microsoft’s Bing.
In cases before Judge Vaden, if someone uses a generative AI tool to help draft the text, they must also file a notice that discloses which program was used and “the specific portions of text that have been so drafted.”
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