Source: WLRN

Broward’s 17th and Miami-Dade’s 11th circuit courts issued matching administrative orders establishing guidelines for attorneys’ use of generative AI in official court documents. The orders require every attorney to personally verify that all citations and factual claims produced or assisted by generative AI are accurate and to disclose when a submission was prepared using generative AI.

The disclosure must include a certification that the attorney has performed the required fact checks. The Seventeenth Judicial Circuit’s Chief Judge Carol‑Lisa Phillips was quoted stressing the importance of consistency and uniformity in administering justice with respect to generative AI disclosure. Both court systems noted rising AI use and flagged concerns such as potential plagiarism, confidentiality breaches, inaccurate or false information, and even case law hallucinated by AI systems. The administrative orders were issued on Tuesday and take effect immediately. The report appears as a News In Brief item by Carlton Gillespie and includes a file photo of the Broward County courthouse in Downtown Fort Lauderdale.