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SCOTUS Rejects AI Assistance, Embraces Human Error Instead

Artificial intelligence rejected in favor of the time-tested method of 'trust us.'

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Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day.

The court is not using AI because it would be insecure. So you can trust that our opinions are not AI-generated.

—  Justice Amy Coney Barrett, in comments given during an appearance at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas, concerning Supreme Court justices’ disinclination to use artificial intelligence when writing their opinions, due to the technology’s cybersecurity issues.


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