British judge admits to using ChatGPT to write judgement

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Lord Justice Colin Birss of the UK Court of Appeal has admitted to using ChatGPT to help write a judgement.

Here's What We Know

According to Birss, he turned to ChatGPT to create a paragraph in documents for a case involving intellectual property. The generated text he copied into his judgement.

The judge called ChatGPT a "very useful" tool, especially for summarising information. In doing so, Birss emphasised that he takes responsibility for the decision.

This is the first known case of a British judge using generative AI in his work.

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Source: The Register