AI object! Judges will be able to use ChatGPT in legal rulings in England and Wales - despite the technology being prone to making up bogus cases

Judges in England and Wales will be able to use the AI chatbot to help write their legal rulings, the Telegraph reports. This is despite ChatGPT being prone to making up bogus cases, and the tool even admitting that it'can make mistakes' on its landing page. ChatGPT, already described by one British judge as'jolly useful', is increasingly infiltrating the legal industry, leading to concern among some experts. The Judicial Office's new official guidance, issued to thousands of judges, points out that AI can be used for summarising large amounts of text or in administrative tasks. These qualify as basic work tasks, but more salient parts of the process – such as conducting legal research or undertaking legal analysis – must not be offloaded to chatbots, the guidance claims.