On May 28, U.S. Circuit Judge Kevin Newsom of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit authored a concurring opinion in the case of Snell v. United Specialty Insurance Co., using the platform to explore how judges might utilize generative artificial intelligence in their judicial duties. Specifically, Judge Newsom floated the idea of employing AI to assess a term’s common meaning, marking a notable advancement in the intersection of law and technology. It’s a concept that may pave the way for more systematic and coherent frameworks for judicial use of AI.
For more details, you can read David Zaslowsky’s analysis of the opinion here.