"Chief Justice Roberts Highlights AI Risks in Courts, Sidesteps Ethics Issues in Annual Report"

Chief Justice John Roberts expressed caution about the use of artificial intelligence in the federal courts, highlighting both its potential benefits for increasing access to justice and its risks, such as the recent incident of AI-generated fake legal citations. In his annual report, he did not address Supreme Court ethics or controversies involving Donald Trump, but acknowledged the ethical scrutiny some justices faced over the past year. Roberts emphasized the irreplaceable role of human judgment in legal decisions, contrasting it with the precision of technology in sports, and predicted that AI will significantly affect judicial work, especially at the trial level.