Supreme Court releases AI guidelines

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• Victorian Supreme Court - Guidelines for responsible use of artificial intelligence in litigation

  “Ordinarily, parties and their practitioners should disclose to each other the assistance provided by AI programs to the legal task undertaken. Where appropriate (for example, where it is necessary to enable a proper understanding of the provenance of a document or the weight that can be placed upon its contents), the use of AI should be disclosed to other parties and the court.”

  “AI is not presently used [by judicial officers] for decision making nor used to develop or prepare reasons for decision because it does not engage in a reasoning process nor a process specific to the circumstance before the court”
   

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